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Rockstar Games, the studio behind the highly anticipated video game Grand Theft Auto VI, will appear in court in Glasgow from Thursday over the sacking of 31 workers.<\/strong><\/p>\n Since the 1997 original, the gangster shooter \u201cGrand Theft Auto\u201d series has sold over 470 million copies worldwide.<\/p>\n The union bringing the case and Rockstar Games\u2019 lawyers said Monday the trial before the Glasgow employment court will run from September 10 to October 16.<\/p>\n It comes before the November 19 launch of the sixth instalment in the GTA series, which the company, a subsidiary of US giant Take-Two Interactive, is developing in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n Accused by the company of having shared confidential information, 31 employees were dismissed in Britain in October 2025, sparking protests outside the group\u2019s offices.<\/p>\n The Independent Workers\u2019 Union of Great Britain (IWGB) accuses Rockstar of targeting workers because of trade union activities and blacklisting them.<\/p>\n It denied them \u201cbasic procedural protections by refusing to follow a disciplinary process or provide right of appeal\u201d, IWGB said in a statement.<\/p>\n According to the union, Rockstar Games \u2014 which did not comment directly to AFP \u2014 said the employees had been dismissed over messages posted on a private union channel on Discord, in violation of their confidentiality agreements.<\/p>\n \u201cNone of us imagined that talking to each other about our working conditions would turn our lives upside down and catapult us into the centre of a global media storm,\u201d said Jason Lewis, a former employee, in a statement shared by the IWGB.<\/p>\n \u201cWe lost our jobs, our income, our community and the chance to see the game through to release after spending years helping to build it. It was devastating.\u201d<\/p>\n The second best-selling game in the history of the industry, GTA VI features a couple of hoodlums, Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos, in a setting inspired by Florida.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n