Tex2
@tex2gta.bsky.social
I monitor gaming, report changes, mostly regarding Rockstar Games titles.
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Some 2025 US video game sales fun facts:
- 49% of PS5 and 66% of XBS hardware sales in 2025 did not include a physical media drive
- 13% of PS5 purchases in 2025 were of Pro models
- PlayStation Portal now has a 7% attach rate to PS5 hardware LTD
Source: Circana Retail Tracking Service
- 49% of PS5 and 66% of XBS hardware sales in 2025 did not include a physical media drive
- 13% of PS5 purchases in 2025 were of Pro models
- PlayStation Portal now has a 7% attach rate to PS5 hardware LTD
Source: Circana Retail Tracking Service
January 22, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Some 2025 US video game sales fun facts:
- 49% of PS5 and 66% of XBS hardware sales in 2025 did not include a physical media drive
- 13% of PS5 purchases in 2025 were of Pro models
- PlayStation Portal now has a 7% attach rate to PS5 hardware LTD
Source: Circana Retail Tracking Service
- 49% of PS5 and 66% of XBS hardware sales in 2025 did not include a physical media drive
- 13% of PS5 purchases in 2025 were of Pro models
- PlayStation Portal now has a 7% attach rate to PS5 hardware LTD
Source: Circana Retail Tracking Service
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Following yesterday's stock plunge, Ubisoft's market cap is now around half a billion euros. In 2018 it was around 10 billion euros. In eight years, the company has lost around 95% of its value
January 22, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Following yesterday's stock plunge, Ubisoft's market cap is now around half a billion euros. In 2018 it was around 10 billion euros. In eight years, the company has lost around 95% of its value
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BREAKING: Ubisoft is canceling the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake and 5 other games (4 unannounced, 1 mobile). The company says it is also delaying 7 games (including an unannounced project believed to be a Black Flag remake) as part of a larger restructuring.
January 21, 2026 at 4:45 PM
BREAKING: Ubisoft is canceling the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake and 5 other games (4 unannounced, 1 mobile). The company says it is also delaying 7 games (including an unannounced project believed to be a Black Flag remake) as part of a larger restructuring.
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A new GTA Online event starts on January 22 (available through January 28).
January 21, 2026 at 8:36 PM
A new GTA Online event starts on January 22 (available through January 28).
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A fire has spread through the offices of Grand Theft Auto 6 developer Rockstar North, following reports of a boiler explosion earlier today. https://bit.ly/4quEIL6
January 19, 2026 at 11:53 AM
A fire has spread through the offices of Grand Theft Auto 6 developer Rockstar North, following reports of a boiler explosion earlier today. https://bit.ly/4quEIL6
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The studio announced it had formed a union, joining CWA Canada, mere weeks ago.
Ubisoft has announced the closure of its Halifax studio, which had been working on mobile titles for Rainbow Six and Assassin's Creed.
www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-shut...
www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-shut...
Ubisoft shuttering freshly-unionised Halifax studio, 71 jobs affected
The studio is the latest to be hit by the company's ongoing cutbacks.
www.gamesindustry.biz
January 7, 2026 at 3:27 PM
The studio announced it had formed a union, joining CWA Canada, mere weeks ago.
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Deepest condolences to all the family and friends of Vince Zampella and the other person involved.
Shocking, awful news.
Shocking, awful news.
December 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Deepest condolences to all the family and friends of Vince Zampella and the other person involved.
Shocking, awful news.
Shocking, awful news.
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NEW: For the last seven weeks, Naughty Dog has enacted mandatory overtime for staff to finish an internal demo of their next game, Intergalactic. The game won't be out until 2027, leaving some staff wondering: If they're crunching now, what will next year be like? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Naughty Dog Studio Orders Employee Overtime for ‘Intergalactic’
The Sony-owned gamemakers have been racing to hit a December deadline
www.bloomberg.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
NEW: For the last seven weeks, Naughty Dog has enacted mandatory overtime for staff to finish an internal demo of their next game, Intergalactic. The game won't be out until 2027, leaving some staff wondering: If they're crunching now, what will next year be like? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Micron, a major manufacturer of RAM chips, says it is exiting the consumer memory business and focusing on chips used in data centers (AI)
➡️ www.reuters.com/business/mic...
This comes amid a global memory supply shortage that has seen RAM prices quadruple in price
➡️ www.reuters.com/business/mic...
This comes amid a global memory supply shortage that has seen RAM prices quadruple in price
December 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Micron, a major manufacturer of RAM chips, says it is exiting the consumer memory business and focusing on chips used in data centers (AI)
➡️ www.reuters.com/business/mic...
This comes amid a global memory supply shortage that has seen RAM prices quadruple in price
➡️ www.reuters.com/business/mic...
This comes amid a global memory supply shortage that has seen RAM prices quadruple in price
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Small update for my Higher Resolution Vehicles Pack, now version 2.2, nothing major, just optimised shared textures and updated the decal for the Predator. Prepping for a bigger update on another project later.
www.nexusmods.com/gta4/mods/28...
gamebanana.com/mods/465835
www.nexusmods.com/gta4/mods/28...
gamebanana.com/mods/465835
November 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Small update for my Higher Resolution Vehicles Pack, now version 2.2, nothing major, just optimised shared textures and updated the decal for the Predator. Prepping for a bigger update on another project later.
www.nexusmods.com/gta4/mods/28...
gamebanana.com/mods/465835
www.nexusmods.com/gta4/mods/28...
gamebanana.com/mods/465835
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EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
The Messages Rockstar Saw Before Firing 34 Union Members
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
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Pictures from the Rockstar protest
November 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Pictures from the Rockstar protest
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Video game giant Rockstar has sacked more than 30 workers across the UK, including my constituents working at their Edinburgh office. I urged Ministers to support workers who have lost their jobs, and stop this from happening again.
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Video game giant Rockstar has sacked more than 30 workers across the UK, including my constituents working at their Edinburgh office. I urged Ministers to support workers who have lost their jobs, and stop this from happening again.
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The IWGB has just announced that 220 letters, signed by Rockstar staff, have now been delivered to leadership at the company, demanding the immediate reinstatement of their fired colleagues.
November 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The IWGB has just announced that 220 letters, signed by Rockstar staff, have now been delivered to leadership at the company, demanding the immediate reinstatement of their fired colleagues.
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I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
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BREAKING: Rockstar has delayed Grand Theft Auto VI again, pushing the highly anticipated game from May to November 19, 2026. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Is Postponed Again — to November 2026
The release date for the game had previously slipped to May 2026 from fall 2025
www.bloomberg.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
BREAKING: Rockstar has delayed Grand Theft Auto VI again, pushing the highly anticipated game from May to November 19, 2026. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The Scottish Greens stand with the dozens of workers sacked by @rockstargames.com for exercising their right to organise with @gameworkers.co.uk @iwgbunion.bsky.social
Reinstate them now, then get around the table & give your staff the pay & conditions they deserve for making you billions.
Reinstate them now, then get around the table & give your staff the pay & conditions they deserve for making you billions.
November 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The Scottish Greens stand with the dozens of workers sacked by @rockstargames.com for exercising their right to organise with @gameworkers.co.uk @iwgbunion.bsky.social
Reinstate them now, then get around the table & give your staff the pay & conditions they deserve for making you billions.
Reinstate them now, then get around the table & give your staff the pay & conditions they deserve for making you billions.
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I covered the Rockstar North protest on the @gtabase.com Twitter.
Interviews with devs, politicians, and a union rep (incoming) - as well as pictures and videos.
x.com/gtabase/stat...
Interviews with devs, politicians, and a union rep (incoming) - as well as pictures and videos.
x.com/gtabase/stat...
GTABase.com on X: "The protest is wrapping up. We’ve interviewed three former developers about the protest: 1/2 Q: How have you been impacted by the recent union busting? Dev 1: Two of myself and my colleagues, our lives have been completely flipped upside down. We’ve had people on paternity" / X
The protest is wrapping up. We’ve interviewed three former developers about the protest: 1/2 Q: How have you been impacted by the recent union busting? Dev 1: Two of myself and my colleagues, our lives have been completely flipped upside down. We’ve had people on paternity
x.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I covered the Rockstar North protest on the @gtabase.com Twitter.
Interviews with devs, politicians, and a union rep (incoming) - as well as pictures and videos.
x.com/gtabase/stat...
Interviews with devs, politicians, and a union rep (incoming) - as well as pictures and videos.
x.com/gtabase/stat...
November 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
November 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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NEW: Rockstar Games says the 30+ employees it fired last week were leaking confidential information, disputing allegations that the company is union-busting.
The union says it was a private chat with labor organizers. This messy battle isn't over yet. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The union says it was a private chat with labor organizers. This messy battle isn't over yet. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Grand Theft Auto’ Studio Says Fired Employees Were Leaking Information
Rockstar Games terminated more than 30 people last week in an action that a labor group called “union-busting.”
www.bloomberg.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
NEW: Rockstar Games says the 30+ employees it fired last week were leaking confidential information, disputing allegations that the company is union-busting.
The union says it was a private chat with labor organizers. This messy battle isn't over yet. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The union says it was a private chat with labor organizers. This messy battle isn't over yet. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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BREAKING: Yesterday Grand Theft Auto VI maker Rockstar Games fired dozens of people, all of whom were involved in union efforts. A British union calls it "blatant and ruthless" union-busting. Take-Two Interactive says it was due to misconduct.
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Grand Theft Auto’ Studio Accused of Union Busting After Firings
Union says 30 and 40 people were terminated. Rockstar Games’ parent company cites ‘gross misconduct’
www.bloomberg.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:44 PM
BREAKING: Yesterday Grand Theft Auto VI maker Rockstar Games fired dozens of people, all of whom were involved in union efforts. A British union calls it "blatant and ruthless" union-busting. Take-Two Interactive says it was due to misconduct.
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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BREAKING: Amazon is making "significant" cuts to its video-game division, moving away from MMOs like New World, and gutting its Irvine and San Diego development studios www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Amazon Makes ‘Significant’ Cuts In Video-Game Division
Tech giant will reduce game development work
www.bloomberg.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
BREAKING: Amazon is making "significant" cuts to its video-game division, moving away from MMOs like New World, and gutting its Irvine and San Diego development studios www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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First look at the untitled AAA open world action game from Liquid Swords and teaser:
"Hope moved out. Violence pays the rent. Get comfortable."
The studio was founded in 2020 and is led by Just Cause director and Avalanche Studios co-founder Christofer Sundberg.
"Hope moved out. Violence pays the rent. Get comfortable."
The studio was founded in 2020 and is led by Just Cause director and Avalanche Studios co-founder Christofer Sundberg.
October 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
First look at the untitled AAA open world action game from Liquid Swords and teaser:
"Hope moved out. Violence pays the rent. Get comfortable."
The studio was founded in 2020 and is led by Just Cause director and Avalanche Studios co-founder Christofer Sundberg.
"Hope moved out. Violence pays the rent. Get comfortable."
The studio was founded in 2020 and is led by Just Cause director and Avalanche Studios co-founder Christofer Sundberg.