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\nEquity, the UK actors’ union, has introduced new minimum rates in a bid to address “systemic low pay” for performers and improve working conditions in the industry.\n<\/p>\n

\nPay for actors in the UK has not only stagnated beneath inflation rates, but has been significantly lower than in America and Canada despite working with the same game developers.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe new rates are solely intended for AAA game development, rather than indie developers. Further, they are minimum fees as a starting point for negotiation.\n<\/p>\n

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Equity, the UK actors’ union, has introduced new minimum rates in a bid to address “systemic low pay” for performers and improve working conditions in the industry. Pay for actors in the UK has not only stagnated beneath inflation rates, but has been significantly lower than in America and Canada despite working with the same game developers. The new rates are solely intended for AAA game development, rather than indie developers. Further, they are minimum fees as a starting point for negotiation. 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