Video game voice actors have reached a tentative agreement in their negotiations with game publishers. The settlement calls for a 36 percent rise in minimum wages paid over 3 1/2 years and various benefit increases. However, the contract does not provide for any form of residuals on top-selling games, a demand companies had fought. The voice actors were debating whether to strike over demands for profit-sharing on top-selling games, though some members argued that actors lacked the kind of clout needed to financially damage the industry.
See "Voice Actors Reach Video Game Deal", Richard Verrier, Los Angeles Times, June 8, 2005