Lightspeed L.A. Signs Agreement With SAG-AFTRA to Use Union Talent in Its Games
Lightspeed L.A. and SAG-AFTRA have announced that the game studio has agreed to produce games under the SAG-AFTRA Interim Interactive Media Agreement.
The agreement, which will cover current and future Lightspeed L.A. games, including the hotly anticipated Last Sentinel, gives the company access to SAG-AFTRA members under fair and equitable conditions. It permits members to work during the video game strike and reflects the union’s bedrock proposal requirements, which include common-sense A.I. protections. Last Sentinel is the first game to move forward under the studio’s agreement with the union.
With a strike against major video game companies as the backdrop, union performers, Lightspeed L.A., and SAG-AFTRA worked together to bring this agreement to fruition as quickly as possible so that production on Last Sentinel could continue and members could work on the project.
Today’s agreement demonstrates Lightspeeed L.A.’s commitment to treating actors equitably and respectfully, and that the terms actors requested — informed consent, fair compensation and transparency in the use of their A.I. replicas — are reasonable and achievable.
This agreement is a huge win for both Lightspeed L.A., which can employ a host of talented and experienced union actors, and SAG-AFTRA performers, who can continue to earn a living doing the job they love without fear of being replaced by digital replicas.
