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July 10, 2025
Hollywood trade union SAG-AFTRA members voted to approved the 2025 SAG-AFTRA Interactive Media Agreement, ratifying the deal and concluding the 11-month video game strike, which had already been suspended pending ratification.
The agreement provides compounded increases in video game voice performer compensation at a rate of 15.17% upon ratification, plus additional 3% increases in November 2025, November 2026 and November 2027. Additionally, the overtime rate maximum for overscale performers will now be based on double scale. The health and retirement contribution rates to the AFTRA Retirement Fund will be raised from 16.5% to 17% and then to 17.5% in October 2026.
The new contract also includes performer safety guardrails and gains around A.I., 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.
“I commend the strong leadership of negotiating Chair Sarah Elmaleh, who remained steadfast through three years of hard bargaining, while facing many challenging headwinds during [the] negotiation cycle,” SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher said in a statement. “This deal achieves important progress around A.I. protections, and progress is the name of the game.”
Votes were submitted online and by mail-in ballot, with the 5 p.m. PT deadline on July 9. The final vote was certified by Integrity Voting Systems, an impartial election service based in Everett, Wash.
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