Star power can help sell a game, but the other side of that coin flip also reveals the various hazards of working with a cast of established Hollywood actors. Overinflated egos, premium salary costs and creative differences are just a few of these drawbacks, something that Rockstar Games is well aware of these days.
You could be the voice of characters such as Mr Wang, Kenneth or General Backlash in the upcoming local adventure game Jengo.
Screen Actors Guild?American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) is threatening to go on a voice actor strike targeted at the video game industry.
Dishonored 2 is ditching the idea of the strong and silent protagonist for a pair of voiced leads this year to maximise on the emotional investment for players.
The union for video game voice actors is considering strike action if that's what it takes to get noticed. Here's hoping the publishers wake up before this leads to game delays.
Voice actors are the bass guitar players of the entertainment industry: Massively essential to the process, but completely underrated. If it wasn’t for voice actors who took their jobs seriously, your entire Saturday morning childhood would have been the kind of memory that you’d pay to have repressed. Fortunately, that wasn’t the case. So here’s ten of the best voices …
Jack Black returning to Double Fine to give a new character his voice.
Cloud gaming removed hardware barriers, but it replaced them with something less visible and …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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