Lightspeed L.A., a brand new recreation growth studio below Tencent’s Lightspeed & Quantum Studio group, has inked an settlement with the Display Actors Guild, referred to as SAG-AFTRA, on implementing AI protections for his or her upcoming video games.

The settlement, reached right this moment 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 staff even when SAG-AFTRA itself is on strike, which the guild voted to do exactly over a month in the past.

Stated strike is over using generative AI in online game merchandise, which threatens to exchange work completed by actors. Lightspeed L.A. is implementing protections that the union had requested for, however the events are at the moment not making specifics public past {that a} deal has been made.

Lightspeed L.A. is at the moment 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 Sport Awards in 2023. The deal struck with SAG-AFTRA applies to Final Sentinel and future tasks from the studio as effectively.