Members of SAG-AFTRA ratified an updated agreement with major game developers, including Electronic Arts, Activision Blizzard, and Take-Two. It went into effect “immediately.”
The event marked the end of the strike that actors initiated in July 2024.
The agreement required companies to:
- increase actor fees: by 15.17% now and another 3% in November 2025, 2026, and 2027. Moreover, overtime must now be paid at double rates;
- improve safety monitoring. For instance, doctors must be present on set during actors’ performance of risky stunts;
- make conditions more transparent regarding the use of artificial intelligence for voice replication.
Less than 5% of SAG-AFTRA actors opposed the agreement. The rest supported it.
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