"Rockstar's battle with the The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain went to court last week, in an effort to determine whether more than 30 employees accused of " gross misconduct" were in fact unfairly dismissed. While Rockstar accused the fired developers of sharing important confidential information, it seems that at least some of that information has now been made public via the court case--including some very early details on what may be GTA 6 Online."
"People Make Games has been reporting on the faceoff between Rockstar Games and the IWGB since the start, and recently released a video covering the court proceedings so far. As part of the preliminary hearing, Rockstar's legal representative mentioned a "top-secret element of GTA 6," which he said was so confidential he didn't feel confident speaking about it out loud, instead asking the judge to read it in private."
"Despite the supposedly top secret nature of this evidence, People Make Games was able to make an appointment to view the documents, as Rockstar had not applied for reporting restrictions to be placed upon the evidence. He has now reproduced those messages in full, showing an apparent conversation by a fired employee who was frustrated at not being able to book time off after Rockstar started cracking down on the number of employees being granted leave at one time."
""They mentioned the large session we did today 'being difficult to do,' but that was 32 players, not sure how that was difficult," the former employee wrote in the Discord, after mentioning they worked in a team of 56 people. "Sounds like 'you have multiple studios of QA testers, surely someone can manage to organize a 32-player session and let people have their time off' ..." added another employee who was also fired in the wake of the messages."
Rockstar and the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain went to court to resolve whether over 30 employees accused of gross misconduct were unfairly dismissed. Rockstar alleged the fired developers shared important confidential information, including early details potentially related to GTA 6 Online. Documents presented in a preliminary hearing included a "top-secret element of GTA 6" that Rockstar's lawyer asked the judge to read privately. An external party viewed the unprotected court documents and reproduced messages showing a fired employee's frustration about booking time off amid session scheduling. The messages reference a 32-player QA session within a 56-person team and were used by Rockstar to claim exposure of commercially sensitive content.
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