Rockstar Canada, ранее известная как Rockstar Vancouver, является канадской студией разработки видеоигр, входящей в состав Rockstar Games. Студия наиболее известна своей работой над серией Grand Theft Auto, в частности, над Grand Theft Auto: London 1961. Rockstar Canada вносит значительный вклад в разработку крупных проектов Rockstar Games, помогая в создании открытых миров и проработке игрового процесса. Студия имеет репутацию разработчика высококачественных и инновационных игр.
Canadian political party leader blames BioWare's closure on private equity, says government should help former employees buy it back "This is what it does. Buy up businesses, run them into the ground, and rip them apart for short-term profit." In the wake of EA's tragic shuttering of BioWare last week, a leader of one of Canada's New Democratic Party has spoken out about the perils of private equity, and said BioWare employees should be able to buy the studio with "federal support". Avi Lewis, head of Canada's NDP, took to Bluesky to decry the news of BioWare's closure. He wrote: "This is private equity, this is what it does.
A former Rockstar Games employee has told an employment tribunal in Glasgow that he believes staff were placed on an internal “watch list.” The alleged watch list followed a petition against a return-to-office mandate. Dayne Oram was among 34 workers dismissed by Rockstar North in October 2025. The Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain now represents 23 of the 31 Scotland-based employees who lost their jobs. Discord messages at the centre of the dispute According to The Herald, around 150 employees signed the petition back in spring 2023, though only 15 to 20 of them were union members.
As the studio behind one of the most highly anticipated games of all time, GTA 6 developer Rockstar Games has divulged more details on how it keeps its secrets. As part of a hearing, which began yesterday at the Glasgow Employment Tribunal--in which Rockstar Games has been accused of unlawfully firing 34 GTA 6 developers based in the UK and Canada last year--the studio compared keeping a lid on GTA 6 to be on the same level as Apple or the Coca-Cola Company protecting its trade secrets. "Guarding the secrets of the unique gameplay and design are akin to Apple protecting the iPhone or Coke protecting its formula," Rockstar said in its opening note (via IGN ). Rockstar's hearing at the Glasgow Employment Tribunal also relates to matters of internal secrecy, as the company says the 34 dismissed members were fired for leaking GTA 6 game features via Discord.