Developer Riot has issued a statement to distance itself from a strike by SAG-AFTRA actors’ union members against its League of Legends game.
Last night, the actor’s union called a strike against Riot’s online game due to its connection to Formosa Interactive LLC. Formosa Interactive is a production company involved in making League of Legends, and one which SAG-AFTRA has accused of trying to “subvert the video game strike”, which was announced in July.
The union’s press release stated Formosa – which has also worked on the Call of Duty series, Zelda and God of War, among others – attempted to “cancel” one of its games affected by the SAG-AFTRA video game strike in order to continue with non-union actors.
Since then, Riot has issued its own statement, writing “League of Legends has nothing to do with the complaint mentioned” by SAG-AFTRA.
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