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Video Game Actors Go On Strike For AI Protections
Video game actors are on strike for the first time since 2017 after months of negotiations with Activision Blizzard, Epic Games, and other big publishers and studios over higher pay, better safety measures, and protections from new generative AI technologies. They’ll be hitting the picket line a year after Hollywood actors and writers wrapped up…
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68 Days Into 2024 And 8300+ Video Game Layoffs Have Been Announced
We’re now 68 days into 2024 and layoffs have already caused the video games industry to shrink by 8,300+ jobs.
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Why Video Game Voice Actors Don’t Love The New SAG-AFTRA Deal
Actors union SAG-AFTRA has announced a deal on AI voiceovers, but does not appear to have consulted with any VAs before agreeing to it.
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Microsoft Promises To Play Nice With Future Unions Too
Microsoft is trying to strike a more conciliatory tone with organised labour as it looks to get its $US69 ($96) billion mega video game merger with Activision Blizzard OK’d by the Federal Trade Commission. Vice chairman and president Brad Smith wrote that the company is “committed to creative and collaborative approaches with unions” in a…