SAG-AFTRA actors union reaches agreement with game companies to stop strike

The game companies and the SAG-AFTRA actors’ union have reached an agreement that is expected to end a long strike.

Once the terms of a strike suspension agreement are finalized with employers, the strike will be over. The strike was mainly about the rights of video game voice actors when it comes to the use of their voices or likenesses when it comes to the game companies’ use of AI to reproduce actors in their games.

Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) and the signatory video game companies have reached an agreement. The strike has been going on since July 26, 2024.

The companies include Activision Productions Inc., Blindlight LLC, Disney Character Voices Inc., Electronic Arts Productions Inc., Epic Games Inc., Formosa Interactive LLC, Insomniac Games Inc., Take 2 Productions Inc., and WB Games Inc.

They have reached a tentative agreement on terms for the Interactive ...