Published on: 2025-07-02 19:50:47
On Monday, SAG-AFTRA filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board against Epic subsidiary Llama Productions for implementing an AI-generated Darth Vader voice in Fortnite on Friday without first notifying or bargaining with the union, as their contract requires. Llama Productions is the official signatory to SAG-AFTRA's collective bargaining agreement for Fortnite, making it legally responsible for adhering to the union's terms regarding the employment of voice
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SAG-AFTRA, the organization that represents voice, motion, and screen performers, has filed an unfair labor complaint against Epic Games. The complaint stems from the company’s recent introduction of an AI programmed to sound like James Earl Jones’ Darth Vader that can respond to a player’s actions and questions. SAG-AFTRA wrote in a statement that it understands its members and members’ estates wish to use AI technology in any way they choose. “However,” SAG-AFTRA’s statement continued, “we mu
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SAG-AFTRA, the actors’ union, announced agreements to allow both students and game jam participants to work with union performers, despite the ongoing video game strike. The union created the Student Interactive Waiver agreement and the Game Jam Waiver Agreement, both of which provide video game developers at every stage of their careers the opportunity to work with union performers. “With these new agreements, SAG-AFTRA can help support game developers at all levels who want to work with un
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Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Supergiant Games— developers of titles like Bastion, Transistor, and the Hades series — has long taken pride in narrative-rich game development. Voice actors are responsive and involved with ongoing changes and get to know their characters for a prolonged period of time. This is why it came as such a shock when one of those voice actors publicly implied that the develo
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