Union members have until July 9 at 5 p.m. Pacific to vote on a tentative contract between video game performers and their employers.

A tentative agreement passed by the union board in June could put video game performers back in action after a nearly year-long strike.

More than 2,500 video game voice actors and motion capture performers are going on strike after negotiations with game industry giants that began nearly two years ago failed to result in an agreement.

Video game studios pay professional actors to voice the soldiers, goblins, elves and aliens that populate virtual worlds.