Summary
- SAG-AFTRA actors are now on strike for better working conditions and protection against AI, impacting major game publishers like Take-Two.
- Concerns arose over GTA 6 being affected by the strike, but it's clarified that the game is exempt along with other titles already in development before 2023.
- If the strike drags on, future games could potentially be impacted, and live service titles like Fortnite and Apex Legends will be affected is the strike lasts longer than two months.
Earlier this week, the video game actors union SAG-AFTRA made a bombshell announcement, declaring that all actors part of the organization are going on strike s🌳tarting on July 26 in order to improve working conditions and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:secure m🎃ore protection from AI practices. A big list of publishers and developers that💝 will be impacted by the strike was publishe♋d, which included the likes of Activision, Electronic Arts, Insomniac Games, WB Games, and Take-Two Interactive.
The inclusion of Take-Two appeared to ring more alarm bells among gamers than others, seeing as it's the publisher of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Grand Theft Auto 6, a game that is poised to be 2025's biggest launch by a landslide. Concerns over the title possibly being impacted or delay𝕴ed were then made even more real after it was reported that SAG-AFTRA specifically called out the title as one that will be affected by the strike.
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Thankfully, for those looking forward to GTA 6, it appears that these reports were either inaccurate or were given a false statement, as it's now been clarified that the game is actually exempt from the strike. , a spokesperson for all the developers and publishers involved in the strike "can confirm GTA 6 is exempt," along with any other game that was already in development before September 2023.
GTA 6 Won't Be Affected By SAG-AFTRA's Strike
Of course, things get a little messier depending on how long this strike goes on for. The likes of GTA 6 and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Marvel's Wolverine may not be impacted, but there are plenty of titles that will be should it drag on for too long, as the companies included may have to resort𝄹 to temporarily employing strikebreakers or just delayiꦺng projects outright.
The last time SAG-AFTRA went on strike was back in 2016, as the union fought for more transparency in roles, residuals, and safety protection. That particular strike lasted for a little under a year, kicking off in October 2016 and ending on September 17, so there's plenty of precedent for these negotiations to last a long time, and SAG-AFTRA has explained live service games like Fortnite and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Apex Legends will be impacted if🍌 the strike goes on longer than 60 days.
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