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GTA 6 developers at Rockstar Games pushing to pursue official union recognition following 2025 sackings: "The union is now stronger than ever"

Grand Theft Auto 6 has finally locked its 19th November release date and pre-orders are now open. It should be cause for celebration, but with the lack of a proper physical release and after the firing of employees last year (a move considered to be "union-busting" by former and current staff), Rockstar Games is gettin...

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GTA 6's $10 Rise Could Net Rockstar an Extra $450M in First-Year Revenue, Report Says

A fintech company reports that, based on Bank of America's predictions for Grand Theft Auto 6's first-year sales, the price increase from $69.99 to $79.99 will generate at least $450 million in additional revenue for Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive. Grand Theft Auto 6's revenue has been a hot topic since its re...

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"I would fail, and here's why I would fail" Why Baldur's Gate 2 co-lead turned down Hasbro's request to make Baldur's Gate 4

After Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian passed on the opportunity to make a sequel, brand owner Hasbro/Wizards of the Coast went looking for someone else to do it. And, as it turns out, the company already works with some of the leads behind Baldur's Gate 2. Read more

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How Could The Uwe Boll Movie About Murdering Immigrants Starring Disgraced Actor Armie Hammer Get Any Worse? Elon Musk Could Get Involved

The X owner uploaded the entire movie to X for two days, letting everyone download it for free

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GTA 6 Devs Ask Rockstar To Recognize Their Union Before The Game Launches

The labor fight erupted last fall amid the sudden firing of several staff

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GTA 6 makers have 10 working days to voluntarily recognise Rockstar IWGB Game Workers Union or it may go to a government tribunal

The newly-formed Rockstar IWGB Game Workers Union are pushing for official recognition by Rockstar ahead of GTA 6's console release this November. Although the union publicly announced themselves at the end of May, they still aren't officially recognised by Rockstar Games. Until they are acknowledged by Rockstar, the u...

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Resident Evil Movie's Plot Will Be Like "Frodo Going Into Mordor", Says Director

Zach Cregger's upcoming adaptation of Resident Evil is set to release in theatres in September, and fans of the series are cautiously optimistic considering the director's success with Barbarian and Weapons.

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AMD's next-gen Zen 6 CPU cores will come in a low-power compact flavour, which should help laptop batteries last even longer

Three years ago, AMD introduced a new type of CPU core for its Zen 4 microarchitecture. The idea behind them was to reduce the amount of die space taken up by a regular core, so that more of them could be packed into a chiplet. The compact design is now a staple part of the Zen family, but it turns out that Team Red ha...

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Steam Dev Makes 2025 2D Platformer 100% Free

Fans of 2D platformers like Celeste may want to check out Greenhouse: Schism, an indie title that has recently dropped its $5 price tag and is now free for everyone. While it is clearly not as large in scope as Steam games like Celeste, it still offers an experience that fans of the genre are likely to appreciate.

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Persona 3 Dual Meme Becomes A Reality Following Release Of Unofficial Nintendo DS Demake

A talented team of fans has taken the Persona community's Persona 3 Dual meme and turned it into a real game that runs on Nintendo DS hardware

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Generative AI is a "virulent plague" and even using it to eliminate "drudgery" has downsides, reckons long-time Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider

Former Dragon Age wordsmith David Gaider isn't keen on the use of generative AI in game development, at least in the tech's current form. In the veteran developer's view, even if it can be used as a means to speed up the handling of more mundane tasks - which is the way many execs have been trying to sell it - genAI ru...

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GTA 6 Devs Launch Bid For Rockstar Union

Rockstar workers have launched a bid for voluntary union recognition. This means they are calling on Rockstar to acknowledge their union, making them the second UK-based developer to do so after ZA/UM.

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