After a lengthy period of public posturing, Hollywood unions reach deal with video game makers is a story with the low-key outcome of recent threats of a work stoppage by members of the Screen Actor's Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) over compensation for voice performances in video games. Here's a bit:

Hollywood actors unions have reached a contract deal with video game publishers, accepting higher pay instead of the profit-sharing they had demanded, the unions said Wednesday, removing the threat of a strike.

The three-and-a-half-year agreements with game companies came as the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) were preparing to announce the results of a strike vote.

Unions had sought to win profit-sharing, known as residual payments, from game publishers.

Under the new agreements, union performers will get a 36 percent increase in minimum pay over the term, increases in benefit contributions and greater protection. The agreements are subject to final approval by the unions.