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GTA fans have been on the edge of their seats at the rumours a new video is about to drop… Well the wait is over. We present: the public launch of the Rockstar IWGB Game Workers Union. Our platform, to tell our story. youtu.be/iLOq_6rOpoM

Take-Two earnings: Grand Theft Auto VI is still planned for November 19. No delay. In an interview with Bloomberg today, CEO Strauss Zelnick said he didn't know where this week's Best Buy rumors came from and that pre-orders typically start alongside marketing (which will begin this summer).

SCOOP: PlayStation studio business CEO Hermen Hulst told staff in a town hall Monday morning that the company's narrative single-player games will now be PlayStation exclusive, confirming Bloomberg's reporting from earlier this year. Original story from March: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

PS5 Will Reveal the Most Played Games with Steam-Like Player Numbers.

GTA 6 pre-orders could reportedly go live this Monday, May 18, according to a leaked Best Buy affiliate email. The listed promo window runs right up to Take-Two's May 21 earnings call. If true, Rockstar is probably about to kick off the pre-order campaign for their next title. (pic by monarch_j)

We talked to the person behind the massive GTA IV beta leak over the weekend

Two shows back-to-back. One epic day of games. Join us on June 7 for Xbox Games Showcase, immediately followed by Gears of War: E-Day Direct: xbx.lv/4bEcg4p | #XboxShowcase

As video game hardware prices continue to jump rapidly, this market will lose presence in middle-income households, while lower income households may be removed entirely. Video game players can be expected to shift to low barrier of entry, more accessible gaming options as they get priced out.

The average price of US video game hardware reached a record high $452 in 2025. This compares to 2024's $394 and 2019's $247. Source: Circana Retail Tracking Service

What the heck? Absolutely nuts.

A new #GTAOnline event starts on March 5 (through March 11). Doubled Salvaging Speed, plus 2X Daily Income and Scrap Value at your Salvage Yard for breaking down neglected vehicles, starts tomorrow. Complete The Podium Robbery and The Gangbanger Robbery for a chance to claim two Personal Vehicles.

NEW: Sony no longer plans to release PlayStation games on PC, sources tell Bloomberg News, a major shift in strategy that sees the console maker returning to exclusivity after six years of flirting with multiplatform. Ghost of Yotei and Saros are not coming to PC. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The Verge's big story wasn't a comprehensive account of the leadership changes. It was a chance for people inside MS to blame someone who was heading out the door for problems far wider and older than her tenure. (content warning for spurs fans: story includes substantial tottenham references)

Launch marketing for GTA VI will begin this Summer and there are no plans to delay the physical version, says Take-Two ➡️ variety.com/2026/gaming/... #GrandTheftAutoVI #GTA6 #GTAVI

Some 2025 US video game sales fun facts: - 49% of PS5 and 66% of XBS hardware sales in 2025 did not include a physical media drive - 13% of PS5 purchases in 2025 were of Pro models - PlayStation Portal now has a 7% attach rate to PS5 hardware LTD Source: Circana Retail Tracking Service

Following yesterday's stock plunge, Ubisoft's market cap is now around half a billion euros. In 2018 it was around 10 billion euros. In eight years, the company has lost around 95% of its value

BREAKING: Ubisoft is canceling the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake and 5 other games (4 unannounced, 1 mobile). The company says it is also delaying 7 games (including an unannounced project believed to be a Black Flag remake) as part of a larger restructuring.

A new GTA Online event starts on January 22 (available through January 28).

A fire has spread through the offices of Grand Theft Auto 6 developer Rockstar North, following reports of a boiler explosion earlier today. https://bit.ly/4quEIL6

The studio announced it had formed a union, joining CWA Canada, mere weeks ago.

Deepest condolences to all the family and friends of Vince Zampella and the other person involved. Shocking, awful news.

NEW: For the last seven weeks, Naughty Dog has enacted mandatory overtime for staff to finish an internal demo of their next game, Intergalactic. The game won't be out until 2027, leaving some staff wondering: If they're crunching now, what will next year be like? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Micron, a major manufacturer of RAM chips, says it is exiting the consumer memory business and focusing on chips used in data centers (AI) ➡️ www.reuters.com/business/mic... This comes amid a global memory supply shortage that has seen RAM prices quadruple in price

Small update for my Higher Resolution Vehicles Pack, now version 2.2, nothing major, just optimised shared textures and updated the decal for the Predator. Prepping for a bigger update on another project later. www.nexusmods.com/gta4/mods/28... gamebanana.com/mods/465835

EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum". PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...

Interviews with Rockstar and union workers: x.com/gtabase/stat...

Pictures from the Rockstar protest

Video game giant Rockstar has sacked more than 30 workers across the UK, including my constituents working at their Edinburgh office. I urged Ministers to support workers who have lost their jobs, and stop this from happening again.

The IWGB has just announced that 220 letters, signed by Rockstar staff, have now been delivered to leadership at the company, demanding the immediate reinstatement of their fired colleagues.

I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct. That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...

BREAKING: Rockstar has delayed Grand Theft Auto VI again, pushing the highly anticipated game from May to November 19, 2026. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The Scottish Greens stand with the dozens of workers sacked by @rockstargames.com for exercising their right to organise with @gameworkers.co.uk @iwgbunion.bsky.social Reinstate them now, then get around the table & give your staff the pay & conditions they deserve for making you billions.

I covered the Rockstar North protest on the @gtabase.com Twitter. Interviews with devs, politicians, and a union rep (incoming) - as well as pictures and videos. x.com/gtabase/stat...

#GTAOnline Next Update is arriving on Tuesday, December 9th. www.rockstargames.com/gta-plus/ben...

#GTAOnline Mansions Teaser www.rockstargames.com/newswire/art...

NEW: Rockstar Games says the 30+ employees it fired last week were leaking confidential information, disputing allegations that the company is union-busting. The union says it was a private chat with labor organizers. This messy battle isn't over yet. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

BREAKING: Yesterday Grand Theft Auto VI maker Rockstar Games fired dozens of people, all of whom were involved in union efforts. A British union calls it "blatant and ruthless" union-busting. Take-Two Interactive says it was due to misconduct. Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

BREAKING: Amazon is making "significant" cuts to its video-game division, moving away from MMOs like New World, and gutting its Irvine and San Diego development studios www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

First look at the untitled AAA open world action game from Liquid Swords and teaser: "Hope moved out. Violence pays the rent. Get comfortable." The studio was founded in 2020 and is led by Just Cause director and Avalanche Studios co-founder Christofer Sundberg.

SCOOP: For the last two years, Microsoft has pushed Xbox to hit profit margins of 30%, an ambitious target that's far higher than the industry average. This chase for profit has led Xbox to raise prices, cut thousands of jobs, and rethink everything. Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

'CEOs need to take a backseat:' MindsEye devs accuse studio execs of fumbling layoffs and mandating crunch

A new #GTAOnline event starts on October 2 (available through October 8).

BREAKING: Microsoft is announcing big changes to Xbox Game Pass today. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is getting more features, but it's going up to $29.99 a month. PC games + cloud are also coming to new Game Pass Essential + Premium plans. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/789424/...

How to sell a video game console: 1) Make your console more expensive than the other consoles 2) Also put all of your games on the other consoles

Microsoft is raising prices on Xbox consoles yet again in the US due to "changes in the macroeconomic environment: Series S from $379 ➡️ $399 Series X from $599 ➡️ $649 Series X Digital from $549 ➡️ $599 2TB Series X from $729 ➡️ $799 www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/...

Discord Rich Presence is now a setting in Rockstar Games Launcher. gtaforums.com/topic/892200...

Fusion Fix 4.0 for GTA IV is OUT NOW! Rebranded, refreshed and our biggest update yet! Check out the changelog for full details and enjoy new features like Volumetric Fog, Tone Mapping and reworked Bloom, Motion Blur, Depth of Field and much, much more: github.com/ThirteenAG/G...

Rockstar Games Co-Founder Dan Houser will make his first on-camera interview appearance at LA Comic Con this year to have an in-depth conversation with IGN's Ryan McCaffrey, about the legacy and impact of his past games and a look forward to his newer projects in development at Absurd Ventures.