Lightspeed L.A., a brand new recreation growth studio underneath Tencent’s Lightspeed & Quantum Studio group, has inked an settlement with the Display screen Actors Guild, often called SAG-AFTRA, on implementing AI protections for his or her upcoming video games.
The settlement, reached immediately after negotiations between Lightspeed L.A. and SAG-AFTRA representatives, lets Lightspeed make the most of and rent union actors for performances inside Lightspeed’s in-development and future video games. This allows Lightspeed L.A. to proceed utilizing union employees even when SAG-AFTRA itself is on strike, which the guild voted to do exactly over a month in the past.
Mentioned strike is over using generative AI in online game merchandise, which threatens to switch work performed by actors. Lightspeed L.A. is implementing protections that the union had requested for, however the events are at present not making specifics public past {that a} deal has been made.
Lightspeed L.A. is at present engaged on Final Sentinel, a neo-futuristic apocalyptic recreation that — with a small trace of irony — takes place in opposition to the backdrop of expertise run amok. Final Sentinel was revealed for the primary time with a CG trailer at The Recreation Awards in 2023. The deal struck with SAG-AFTRA applies to Final Sentinel and future initiatives from the studio as properly.