Games in development prior to September 2023 exempt from SAG-AFTRA strike

SAG-AFTRA has confirmed that Grand Theft Auto 6 is exempt from the video game strike due to a previous agreement.

As reported by Kotaku, any title in development before September 2023 is exempt from the strike, as well as live-service games.

"We're obviously not happy about that," SAG-AFTRA chief contracts officer Ray Rodriguez told Aftermath. "That language was bargained into one of the legacy interactive media agreements before [the] merger [of SAG-AFTRA]. It's language that the merged union basically inherited, that I think is insane. But it's there."

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