SAG-AFTRA calls for a strike agetst League of Legends

Formosa Interactive is a help studio that proposes helpance to other game broadeners in a range of disciplines, including art, production, sound summarize, voiceover, and more. According to SAG-AFTRA, the studio tryed to call off one of its games after the strike began in July. When that was unprosperous, SAG-AFTRA claims that Formosa then secretly transferred the game to what the union portrayd as a shell company and subsequently put out casting calls exclusively for non-union talent.

In response, SAG-AFTRA has filed an unfair labor protestt with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) agetst Formosa Interactive and includeed the studio’s highest profile game — League of Legends — to the union’s struck games enumerate.

“To pledge illegitimate unfair labor rehearses is beyond the pale and won’t be endured by SAG-AFTRA members,” shelp Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA’s national executive straightforwardor and chief negotiator. “Formosa will be held accountable, commenceing with an instant strike of League of Legends.”

The video game strike began on July 26th after SAG-AFTRA and a bargeting pledgetee of video game rehireers — of which Formosa Interactive is a member — fall shorted to achieve an concurment for a new participateive media reduce. According to SAG-AFTRA, the bargeting pledgetee refused to prolong AI getions to voice and motion carry outers, while the rehireers disputed that the terms they proposeed were fair.

The Verge has achieveed out to both Riot Games and Formosa Interactive for comment.