Video game performers to go on strike

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After a twelvemonth and a fractional of negotiations, SAG-AFTRA has called a strike of each video crippled enactment produced nether the union’s interactive media agreement. The onslaught goes into effect July 26th astatine 12:01 AM and impacts each SAG-AFTRA actors, dependable actors, and question seizure actors and involves companies including Activision Blizzard, EA, Insomniac Games, WB Games, and more. According to SAG-AFTRA’s property release, the national and video crippled companies could not travel to an statement regarding AI protections.

“We’re not going to consent to a declaration that allows companies to maltreatment AI to the detriment of our members,” said SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher successful the property release. “When these companies get superior astir offering an statement our members tin unrecorded — and enactment — with, we volition beryllium here, acceptable to negotiate.”

In a connection to The Verge, Audrey Cooling, spokesperson for the video crippled producers involved successful the negotiations wrote,

We are disappointed the national has chosen to locomotion distant erstwhile we are truthful adjacent to a deal, and we remain prepared to resume negotiations. We person already recovered communal crushed connected 24 retired of 25 proposals, including historical wage increases and additional safety provisions. Our connection is straight responsive to SAG-AFTRA’s concerns and extends meaningful AI protections that include requiring consent and just compensation to each performers working nether the IMA. These presumption are among the strongest successful the amusement industry.

SAG-AFTRA’s website has a lengthy list of prohibited activities including singing, acting, dancing, performing question capture, rehearsals, auditions, and more. Advertising for struck enactment is besides prohibited which would perchance interaction games being promoted astatine San Diego Comic Con, but SAG-AFTRA included a clause explaining games astatine SDCC would beryllium exempt from onslaught action.

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