SAG-AFTRA and members of the interactive media bargaining group — which includes video game companies like Activision, Insomniac Games, Take Two, Electronic Arts, and more — h

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SAG-AFTRA and the video game companies are resuming contract negotiations for the first time since video game actors went on strike.

Amid the ongoing actors strike against major video game publishers, SAG-AFTRA’s negotiating committee and the bargaining group for the companies have agreed to return to the table on Oct. 23 to continue talks.

AFTRA’s strike against video game companies, the union and the bargaining group representing employers have set a return to the bargaining table. The negotiations will continue on Oct. 23, the parties said in a joint statement on Tuesday.

It’s been many months since SAG-AFTRA and the major video game companies sat down for in-person bargaining talks on a new contract. That’s about to change. The actors union, which launched a strike in late July against several companies,

This summer, video game actors went on strike as the major studios failed to reach an agreement for a new deal with their union, SAG-AFTRA. Discussions between the two organizations ceased in July, but SAG-AFTRA has announced that it will resume negotiations with the video game companies next week.

Three months after going on a video game strike, SAG-AFTRA will be returning to the negotiating table with the companies that sign on to the Interactive Media Agreement on October 23rd. Among the companies that are signatories are Disney,