After a year and a half of negotiations, the industry’s voice and motion capture actors are tired of the major studios not listening to their concerns about AI and They decided to start a strike. They are currently no longer working on new video game productions. A side effect of this is that many games are going to have to be postponed, but the most anticipated of all, GTA 6
According to the SAG-AFTRA database, this game is exempt from the strike even though the company that owns it — distributor Take-Two — is affected. They clarify that actors who continue working on it will not be reprimanded by the union, but they are told that they can show solidarity with the strike by not signing new contracts for the game.
It’s not that Rockstar has any ties with the actors or that they have decided to continue working on the game despite the strike. It has to do with the date of the start of production. The Acue
This will surely reassure gamers worried about a possible postponement of this long-awaited game. However, what really matters is that the actors get their job done and get protections from the threat that AI poses to their jobs.
