The Latest Breaking News from SAGAFTRA

The SAG-AFTRA strike technically only applies to recently-started projects, which means GTA 6 is exempt.

Hollywood screenwriters went on strike in May 2023. Two months later, actors joined them on the picket line. Those strikes ended later that year with historic deals that included, for the first time, protections regarding the use of artificial intelligence. Now it’s video game actors’ turn.

Here are seven things you might have missed this week from CrowdStrike, big game announcements and the voice actor strike.

The SAG-AFTRA labor union has called for a strike against several video game companies following failed negotiations for its members regarding AI and salaries.

SAG-AFTRA actors will refuse to work for Activision, EA, Take-Two, and other major developers.

Hollywood's video game actors will go on strike early Friday to demand safeguards against artificial intelligence, the US actors' union announced.

The strike comes amid an ongoing surge in labor organizing among video game creators, driven by a wave of mass layoffs over the last two years and by fears of AI-driven job loss or degradation of conditions.

The strike will also include Insomniac, Disney, WB, and production companies that work with the likes of Ubisoft, Valve, and Bethesda

Actors who contribute their voice and/or likeness to video games want "fair compensation and the right of informed consent for the A.I. use of their faces, voices, and bodies," SAG-AFTRA says.