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Video Game Performers Ratify AI Safeguard Contract to End 11-Month Strike

The agreement mandates written consent for AI digital replicas alongside a 15% ratification raise to reshape performer-studio relations.

A person holds a sign as she takes part in a SAG-AFTRA Video Game Strike picket outside Warner Bros. Games in Burbank, California, U.S. October 16, 2024.  REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
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Overview

  • SAG-AFTRA members approved the 2025 Interactive Media Agreement by a 95.04% to 4.96% vote, formally concluding the nearly year-long strike.
  • The deal establishes consent and disclosure requirements for AI-generated digital replicas and grants performers the right to suspend permissions during labor actions.
  • Performers secured a 15.17% immediate wage increase plus annual 3% escalators through 2027 along with higher overtime and boosted retirement and health contributions.
  • Studios must obtain written permission valid during and after performers’ lifetimes and compensate all time spent creating AI replicas as paid work.
  • New safety provisions require qualified medical personnel at hazardous motion-capture sessions and enforce rest periods for on-camera stunts, aligning standards with Hollywood