After a year and a half of negotiations, SAG-AFTRA has called a strike of all video game work produced under the union’s interactive media agreement. The strike goes into effect July 26th at 12:01 AM and impacts all SAG-AFTRA actors, voice actors, and motion capture actors and involves companies including Activision Blizzard, EA, Insomniac Games, WB Games, and more. According to SAG-AFTRA’s press release, the union and video game companies could not come to an agreement regarding AI protections.
“We’re not going to consent to a contract that allows companies to abuse AI to the detriment of our members,” said SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher in the press release. “When these companies get serious about offering an agreement our members…