SAG-AFTRA calls a strike against major Video Game companies

[sandstorm]

This time, the union is calling a work stoppage against the major video game companies after nearly two years of trying to renegotiate its Interactive Media Agreement, SAG-AFTRA announced in a memo Thursday https://t.co/CatOkLXRbG
- Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) July 25, 2024

Of course, the big thing, is A.I.

“We’re not going to consent to a contract

Comments

[beaucadeau]

....I'm never going to play the new Dragon Age, am I?

[daredevilwolf]

no offense but workers not having to do crunch time and be driven into the ground is more important than a game

don't you think?

i promise you,you will play it

you just gotta wait a while

[beaucadeau]

I was being semi-sarcastic about a game that's been in on-and-off development for the past decade--I care more about workers and unions than the average person.

[daredevilwolf]

oh my bad

i'm not good at picking up sarcasm

[wwgrogudo]

I support the strike 100%.

However, SAG-AFTRA let down the actors especially on AI so I'm sceptical.

[daredevilwolf]

i blame that zionist fran drescher

[dropdeadpirate]

Insomniac is pro AI? Fuuuuuck. I already hated all the rest of them, but I'm sad to hear about that.

Fuck all of them. Rot.

[m14mouse]

That sucks. :( I love Ratchet and Clank series from them. Although, it might have to do with Sony more so than Insomniac because Sony brought them out years ago. (And Sony wants AI very much)

[m14mouse]

Good. I hope that they get what they want. They deserve it.

[moirasrose]

The companies that aren't as well known by name:

Blindlight does Cookie Run, Destiny 2 and a ton of Bethesda games (Fall Out, Deathloop, Skyrim).

Formosa does a lot of Sony games (GoW, Horizon series, TLOU), Genshin Impact, CoD, Halo, League of Legends, and Zelda BOTW.

VoiceWorks Productions does Nickelodeon and Dreamworks games.

I hope they get the protections they deserve.