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title: "Rockstar Games Layoffs 2025: 34 Jobs Cut (Latest: Oct 2025)"
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# Rockstar Games Layoffs 2025: 34 Jobs Cut

Latest announcement (Oct 30, 2025): Rockstar Games dismissed 34 employees, 31 in the UK and three in Canada; the company cites misconduct while workers and the IWGB union say it was retaliation for organizing. Locations named: Edinburgh, United Kingdom; Dundee, United Kingdom; Lincoln, United Kingdom; Canada. The tracker lists 1 announcement for Rockstar Games since 2025, with 34 jobs reported affected. Our coverage: [Why Video Game Workers Are Unionizing Before a Blockbuster Launch](/blog/why-video-game-workers-unionizing-before-blockbuster-launch)

Last updated Oct 2, 2026

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_From our coverage, Oct 30, 2025: [Why Video Game Workers Are Unionizing Before a Blockbuster Launch](/blog/why-video-game-workers-unionizing-before-blockbuster-launch)_

Rockstar Games at a glance

**Announcements tracked**
: 1

**Jobs affected (reported)**
: 34

**Layoffs**
: 1

**Store closures**
: 0

**Return-to-office mandates**
: 0

Jobs affected are as reported by each source, summed over the 1 of 1 announcements that state a number.

Latest announcement Oct 30, 2025

## 2025

1 announcement · 34 jobs reported affected

1. Oct 30Oct 30LayoffEdinburgh, United Kingdom · Dundee, United Kingdom · Lincoln, United Kingdom · Canada ### Cuts 34 jobs Rockstar Games dismissed 34 employees, 31 in the UK and three in Canada; the company cites misconduct while workers and the IWGB union say it was retaliation for organizing. - Our coverage:[Why Video Game Workers Are Unionizing Before a Blockbuster Launch](/blog/why-video-game-workers-unionizing-before-blockbuster-launch)![](https://cdn.metaintro.com/rs:fill:640:480/q:80/plain/images/5158.png)

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Every published announcement, all years, one row per event. Column names are stable, and jobs affected are blank where no source states a number.

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Jobs affected are counted only when a source states a number; “Not stated” means none was disclosed. [Methodology, sources and how to cite](/layoffs#methodology)

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