Screen Actors Guild American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) National Board approved a temporary agreement with the video game bargaining group.
The contract on terms for the Interactive Media Agreement will now be submitted to the membership for verification.
The new contract meets the main guards and benefits around the AI, which includes the need for informed consent in various AI use and the ability to suspend informed consent for the use of digital duplication for actors.
If it is confirmed, the agreement will increase the actor’s compensation at a rate of 15.17 % after confirming in November 2025, November 2026 and November 2027. Additionally, the maximum limit for over -scale actors will now be based on a double scale. The SAG-AFTRA Health Plan will be increased from 16.5 percent to 17 percent and 17.5 percent in October 2026 after confirming the health and retirement partnership rates.
The benefits of compensation include collectively for the use of digital copies made with IMA -covered performances and collectively formed the minimum border and high minimum (7.5x scale) for “real -time generation”, ie, digital Republica Visad Chat boots in the video game. When visual performance is reused in another video game, “secondary performance payment” will also ensure compensation.
Mandatory provisions of safety were also preserved, including the need to be present for a competent medical professional or easily available on its exercises and performances during which effective measures or work conditions should be planned. Relaxation periods are now provided for camera on principal actors and employers may not be able to request any further stunts or other dangerous activity in the virtual audition.
Interactive media contract video game producers’ party spokesperson, Audri Koling, said in a statement earlier this week, “We are happy that we have arrived at a temporary contract agreement that is a key contribution to the SAG-AFTRA actress, which is a key contract with the SAG-AFTRA.
Cooling added, “It provides more than 24 % of the historical wages for actors, increases health and safety concerns, and industry’s leading AI provisions that require transparency, consent and compensation for the use of digital duplicates in sports. We are looking for new and new players to create new players all over the world.”
The full terms of the three -year agreement will be issued on Wednesday, June 18 with verification content.
On June 9, there was a temporary deal with the video game employers and the strike was formally suspended on June 11.
Member information meetings are being scheduled and additional details will be available Sagaftra.org/videogames2025 In the coming days
The eligible SAG-Aftra members will have to vote on Wednesday, July 9, 2025 at 5pm on the verification of PDT.
The SAG-AFTRA is about 160,000 actors, announcements, broadcast journalists, dancers, DJ, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppets, recording artists, singers, stunt performances, voice over artists and other entertainment.