Rockstar Video games Provides Replace on Hearth at Edinburgh Workplace

Rockstar Video games, the studio behind the upcoming Grand Theft Auto 6, has issued a press release after a small fireplace erupted at its Edinburgh headquarters as we speak, confirming that no workers had been injured and that the studio stays open and operational. Whereas Rockstar Video games has quite a few workplaces scattered all over the world, a lot of which is able to doubtless be arduous at work contributing to the extremely anticipated Grand Theft Auto 6, the studio’s Edinburgh workplace, referred to as Rockstar North, is the corporate’s foremost headquarters for brand new GTA video games.

After followers have waited patiently for sixteen years now, all eyes are on Rockstar as avid gamers eagerly await the discharge of the following entry within the Grand Theft Auto collection. Nevertheless, this anticipation arrives throughout a very turbulent chapter for the studio as Rockstar ended 2025 by dismissing quite a few workers for allegedly leaking details about Grand Theft Auto 6. It’s claimed that the 30+ terminations are the results of workers allegedly having distributed and mentioned confidential info, which included particular recreation options from upcoming and unannounced titles, in a public discussion board. Though unrelated, this comes after a large leak occured in September 2022 that noticed practically 100 items of footage from Grand Theft Auto 6 leak on-line after any person outdoors of the studio gained entry to Rockstar’s inner methods.

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Rockstar Video games Stays Operational Following Small Hearth

Rockstar’s dangerous luck appeared to proceed as we speak, January 19, because the studio’s Edinburgh workplace skilled a small fireplace from what was attributable to a “malfunction” in one of many constructing’s boiler rooms. Emergency companies had been referred to as to the scene simply after 5 AM GMT and left at round 9:21 AM GMT. Provided that the hearth broke out within the early hours of the morning, it was speculated that the constructing was doubtless empty. Now, in a brand new assertion to BNO News, a spokesperson for Rockstar has confirmed that there have been no accidents. “Many thanks to those who reached out with concern, and likewise to the police and fireplace crews who had been on scene shortly to evaluate the state of affairs,” an worker for Rockstar instructed the outlet. They then indicated that this could not have an effect on the development of Grand Theft Auto 6, saying, “Please know that everybody is nicely and our studio stays open and operational.”

It stays unclear how a lot injury the hearth did to the constructing, however it stays structurally intact because the working day appeared to go forward as regular for Rockstar’s workers. A spokesperson for the emergency companies additionally instructed BNO Information, “Operations Management mobilised three fireplace home equipment and specialist sources to the scene, the place firefighters labored to safe structural injury at a industrial constructing.”

One fan will quickly get to see the within of Rockstar’s workplaces because the studio’s dad or mum firm, Take-Two Interactive, reportedly arrange an inner playtest that can permit a terminally ill fan to experience Grand Theft Auto 6 forward of its official launch later this 12 months. A Ubisoft developer reached out to the studio after discovering out {that a} shut member of the family solely has 6-12 months left to dwell and is a big Grand Theft Auto fan and might not be round to see the following installment within the collection. A follow-up submit by the developer, which has since been deleted, states that the CEO of Take-Two reached out and that they acquired “nice information.”

Slightly unexpectedly, Grand Theft Auto 6 has been delayed multiple times already. The extremely anticipated subsequent entry was first scheduled to launch in Fall 2025 following its reveal trailer in December 2023. To the shock of completely no one, this date was finally pushed again to Could 26, 2026. It did not take lengthy for followers to then speculate on a possible second delay, which was then confirmed by Rockstar in November 2025. As of writing, Grand Theft Auto 6 will launch for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Sequence X/S on November 19, 2026. Nevertheless, as one of the vital anticipated video video games of all time, coupled with Rockstar’s fixed need for perfection, it would not come as a lot of a shock to see the title slip into 2027.