Following a “tentative agreement” reached last month between video game voice actors represented by union SAG-AFTRA and companies including Activision, Insomniac, and EA, the 11-month strike is now over. A new contract has been approved, “effective immediately”. with 95% of participating union members voting in favour, with 5% opposed.
The terms of the Interactive Media Agreement include increased performer compensation, including overtime rates, and “guardrails” against AI – “including consent and disclosure requirements for A.I. digital replica use and the ability for performers to suspend consent for the generation of new material during a strike”.