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more about #voiceacting Len Bias Cocaine Surplus: This is a lot of stories devoted to a mediocre at best franchise. I would't say I'm mad, so much as confused. more » tornbhc007: I wish Jayne played a character that you could recruit. I don't care if he threw slugs and could only wear broken light armor from 1982 for equipment... more » Thut: Ah, I see Michael Dorn was not wearing his human make-up for that picture. more » AllHailShake: You mean Gargoyle's Keith David. more » xDaRkRaDx: Wow, bravo ME2, this is quite incredible. The fact that you have Star Trek voice talent is one thing- the fact that you have FIREFLY *AND* MATRIX tale... more » TaylorEatWorld: Carrie-Anne Moss?! I just watched Memento again! This is great news!! more » NightMystic: Bioware is right about something. The female cast has me emotionally engaged.... more » DocSeuss: I'm rather curious: is it Illusive Man or Elusive Man? I've seen both spellings, and since they're both words, and both seem to fit what little we kno... more » Hush: Michael Hogan's character better have an eye patch...or they're selling him short. more » carlmarssilias_returns: I've said it once, so I'll say it again. Stop pimping out the voice cast to games, yes they might be good at it but let the game stand on it's own mer... more » DorkimusPrime: wow. This voice cast is at least as good as Dragon Age. This is amazing. more » Not-too-Pessimippopotamus: Cast itself makes me want to get the game. Shohreh Aghdashloo sounds so otherworldly. more » Obama takes time to read kotaku's comments...: he is epic... in space... more » Obama takes time to read kotaku's comments...: ATTENTION! MICHAEL HOGAN! that is all... more » (Starman) NONAME: My god. more » plasticmouse: Ah man, I misread this. I thought Craig David was gonna be in this game :( more » Enkur: I motion for the creation of an #emotionallyengaging tag for all ME2-related posts. In any case, god I cannot wait for this game. more » Ursus-Veritas: JAAAAAAAAAAAAYNE! THE MAN THEY CALLED JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYNE!! I wanted Mass Effect 2. Now my very life depends on the ownership of this game. more » Sirusjr: Please let our characters bang Seth Green as Joker this time. That feature was sorely missing from the first game. more » MaWeiTao: Couldn't they just hire unknown actors with talent? Is there really a need to blow all this money on famous actors? As others I'm sure will point out,... more » -
#voiceacting
Playing the Crowd in MLB 2K10
MLB 2K10 is trying to be more creative and less repetitive with what you hear coming from the stands this year. For that they need voices for more than 10,000 sound clips. Here's what two had to say. More » -
#bioware
Mass Effect 2 Is Full Of Stars
BioWare has revealed the voice cast for Mass Effect 2, with a cast of new and returning voice actors that covers just about every corner of science fiction fandom. More » -
#voiceacting
Paid Less to Die More: The Actors' Union's Beef with Video Games
The Screen Actors' Guild's rejection of a contract with game makers can be seen as a tempest in a teapot - 80 percent of voice work is non-union. But the LA Times goes further to see what's really at stake. More » -
#activision
This Is Activision's New James Bond
There's a new James Bond game coming out next year, but current movie Bond Daniel Craig won't be participating. Instead, we get this guy. More » -
#voiceacting
SAG Sacks Voice Acting Contract
A contract proposal hammered out between the Screen Actors Guild and video game publishers was shot down after a union vote. A key sticking point seemed to be "atmospheric" work, in which one actor voices multiple minor characters. More » -
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Union Contracts Now Include "Vocally Stressful," "Atmospheric" Work
Two major unions supplying voice actors for video games have both won pay raises under provisional new contracts, which also spell out terms for "vocally stressful" work and "atmospheric" roles in which one person voices multiple minor characters. More » -
#blizzcon
Tricia Helfer Is StarCraft II's Kerrigan
Original voice actress Glynnis Talken Campbell is still out as the voice of StarCraft II's Kerrigan, but Blizzard found a worthy replacement in the form of Cylon Number Six, Tricia Helfer. More » -
#nintendo
Nintendo Breaks Its Silence About Silence
Nintendo's lead characters are rare among modern gaming heroes in that they seldom talk out loud. But rarer still is a Nintendo game that does include recorded speech. Punch-Out Wii did, and its creators explained why.
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#comiccon09
Kevin Conroy Doesn't Remember Batman: Rise Of Sin Tzu
I'm not sure if the fact that the voice of Batman, Kevin Conroy, not remembering doing the voice work for Batman: The Rise of Sin Tzu is a good thing or a bad thing. More » -
#comiccon09
The Uncharted 2 Catch Phrase You May Never Hear
Of all the catch phrases muttered by Nathan Drake in Uncharted 2, the best one comes from the unlikeliest of sources - voice actor Nolan North's son Cooper. More » -
#acting
How Dumbed Down Acting Is Creating Dumbed Down Games
There's an interesting story over at The Brainy Gamer that discusses the techniques of voice acting and how it rarely applies to voice acting in games, mostly because of time and money constraints. More » -
#blizzard
Kerrigan Loses Her Voice In StarCraft II
Despite appearing in the Kerrigan reveal trailer shown at BlizzCon 2008, Glynnis Talken Campbell, the original voice of StarCraft's Queen of Blades, will not be voicing the character in StarCraft II. More » -
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Voice acting in video games
Voice acting in video games makes for popular feature fodder β check out these two articles on vocal talent behind video games if you donβt believe me. More » -
#grandtheftautoiv
Rockstar Says "Hell No!" To New Niko Dialog In Lost And Damned
The folks at Rockstar don't seem to keen on the return of Niki Bellic's voice actor Michael Hollick, answering "Hell no!" to MTV Multiplayer's query about new lines for everyone's favorite Slavic bastard. More » -
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Chatting With Samus and Naomi Hunter β at the Same Time
This week, Maxim named Metal Gear Solid's Naomi Hunter the top babe in gaming. Sadie Ultraneko talked to her voice actor, Jennifer Hale (right), who also voices Metroid's babelicious Samus Aran. More » -
#reallife
Splinter Cell Voice Actor Shot By Terrorists
Canadian actor and videogame voice specialist Michael Rudder was among the casualties in the terrorist attacks in Mumbai yesterday. More » -
#gtaiv
Extended Audio Interview with Niko Bellic's Voice Actor
This interview sounds like it's taken from the Big O & Dukes radio show on WJFK-FM in Washington. It's a long and in depth talk with Michael Hollick, the voice actor for Niko Bellic in Grand Theft Auto IV. More »
