The blow of the actors of the video game is coming to an end after almost a year of conflict

After almost a year of conflict Union of actors Hollywood put on this environment Completion of your strike against the video game industryThanks to the Sag-AFTRA statement, the field reported that the protest measure ended in the last hours, and tomorrow there will be a new contract with the players of the main segment.

An announcement of the culmination of the impact of actors of the video game falls, after the trade union led by Fran Dresher reached a new preliminary agreement with industry companies Games This signed an interactive media agreement (IMA).

The terms of the new agreement with the video game industry It has not yet been made publicAlthough this will change tomorrow. As soon as the special session of the Sag-AFTRA National Council is completed to go on this Thursday 12, working conditions and conditions that the parties agreed to be officially official.

At the moment, the termination of the strike implies that unemployment actors can return to work in video games covered by IMA, including their promotion campaign. Some of the companies that are part of the new contract with the trade union, Activision, Take-Two Interactive, Electronic Arts, WB Games, INSOMNIAC Games and Disney Permance Voices InternationalField

The last hit of the actors of the video game

The cessation of the strike of the Union of Actors against the heavyweights of the video game industry occurs after almost a year of the conflict. The protest measure began in July 2024 after segment companies They will abandon requests to increase wages by 11 % and stop the unregulated use of artificial intelligenceNevertheless, short circuits between the parties existed from earlier.

The possibility of impacting video games associated with Sag-Aftra began to be considered in September 2023 during the conflicts of the Union, which encountered Hollywood performers and screenwriters against the main films and television research.

Since Sag-Aftra began its strike to improve the working conditions of actors who give their vote, appearance and seizure of movements to the main video games of the market, negotiations did not stop. Nevertheless, they never agreed with the most important rates of the rate.

With the generative boom of the AI, representatives of trade unions especially paid special attention to the need Establish protection that prevent the use (and abuse) of this technology for damage to artistsThe field is logical to think that the new preliminary contract includes such guarantees in favor of the actors.

Despite more than 320 days of the attack of actors, the measure did not affect all video games equally. GTA 6For example, it was one of the liberated protest names, although Take-Two Interactive was one of the companies affected by him.