We traveled to Edinburgh to meet the 31 employees fired from Rockstar Games ahead of the release of Grand Theft Auto 6. Rockstar claims these firings were due to "gross misconduct", but the workers have another two words they prefer to use instead: "union busting".

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[–] 5 points 1 year ago

It’s a gross but established practice to fire loads of people before releasing a game. This denies them the opportunity to be listed in the credits and can be a huge set back to their careers.

I’m not surprised, but I am disappointed.

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    Any work that satirizes wealth or corporate greed, made by a public company, is almost definitionally hypocritical.

    Outer Worlds has this same issue.

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    To be fair, the original Deus Ex is more anti-authoritarianism than it is anti-capitalist in the motivations of the villains. Grey Death wasn't done for economic purposes, it was literally a means to kick off a worldwide eugenics experiment. They used the Ambrosia vaccine to select who lives, not really to make money.

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    Gonna either steal this game or not play at all anyways.

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