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Riot distances itself from League of Legends SAG-AFTRA strike

Developer Riot has issued a statement, distancing itself from the League of Legends SAG-AFTRA strike.

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. In the press release announcing SAG-AFTRA's League of Legends strike, the union said it believes the actions by Formosa to be "a flagrant violation of labour law" .

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