2024–present SAG-AFTRA video game strike

2024–present video game voice actor strike
DateJuly 26, 2024 – present
(10 months, 3 weeks and 4 days)
Location
United States
Caused byDisagreements over the terms of a new labor contract
Goals
Methods
Resulted in
  • Tentative agreement reached on June 9, 2025
  • Strike suspended on June 11, 2025
  • Agreement ratification pending
  • See Aftermath
Parties

On July 26, 2024, SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) initiated a labor strike involving the union's voice actors and motion capture artists against American video game companies signed to the union's Interactive Media Agreements over failed renegotiation terms of the contract that had expired in November 2022. The strike had been authorized in September 2023. The strike started after a year and a half of negotiations which failed to result in a protection agreement from the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for all performers covered by the Interactive Media Agreement. In addition to video game performers, there were concerns about companies having the ability to train AI to replicate an actor's voice, or create a digital replica of their likeness, without consent or fair compensation. By June 9, 2025, a tentative agreement had been reached, and on June 11, the strike action suspended on anticipation of it being approved by the union members.