SAG-AFTRA and the WGA have put the world of streaming, tv and movies on pause, and now it may very well be the case that actors who work in video games will go on strike as nicely.
It’s not precisely a secret that voice actors in video games aren’t actually given a correct shake normally, and if firms like Activision, EA, Epic Video games, Insomniac Video games, Take-Two and WB don’t correctly come to the desk, a number of video games may very well be placed on pause as a result of a strike.
Actors who work in video games are nonetheless a part of SAG-AFTRA, although they fall below a contract referred to as the IMA (Interactive Media Settlement). Final yr, the earlier settlement expired, and publishers and SAG agreed to a one-year extension earlier than re-negotiating the contract.
A strike authorization vote might be held, that means that eligible voting members of SAG-AFTRA below the IMA will vote on whether or not or not SAG will go to the bargaining desk with the facility to problem a strike, if its situations aren’t being met by sport publishers and builders.
The vote will final till September 25, 2023, with two info conferences held prior on September 7, 2023 and September 12, 2023.
The hope is in fact that the actors who convey the characters and video games we like to life will lastly get a good deal when negotiations start once more on September 26, 2023, in order that even when they do vote in favour of SAG having strike authorization, it’s not a card it has to play on the bargaining desk.
Supply – [SAG-AFTRA]
