Video game actors union calls for strike against League of Legends [Video]

LOS ANGELES — The blockbuster online multiplayer video game League of Legends is caught in the middle of a dispute between Hollywood’s actors union and an audio company that provides voiceover services for the game.

The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists called a strike against League of Legends on Tuesday, arguing that Formosa Interactive attempted to get around the ongoing video game strike by hiring nonunion actors to work on an unrelated title.

Formosa tried to “cancel” the unnamed video game, which was covered by the strike, shortly after the start of the work stoppage, SAG-AFTRA said. The union said when Formosa learned it could not cancel the game, the company “secretly transferred the game to a shell company and sent out casting notices for ‘non-union’ talent only.” In response, the union’s interactive negotiating committee voted unanimously to file an unfair labor practice charge against the …