Barry Pepper, lending his voice to Prototype

Sierra Entertainment’s latest blockbuster game, Prototype, now has a voice for it’s protagonist and other characters. Barry Pepper (The Green Mile, 61*, Saving Private Ryan) will take the lead role as the genetically mutated Alex Mercer. Other voices confirmed in the game are those of Gordon Clapp (The Game Plan. Ghost Whisperer) and Paul Guilfoyle (CSI).

Prototype has been label as one of the must-watch games being released in 2008 by gaming magazine giant Electronic Gaming Monthly. In the game the player assumes the role of Alex Mercer, a shape-shifting doppelganger with amnesia, who needs to kill to fuel his powers. Prototype is currently scheduled for a summer 2008 release.

From Press Release

Stephanie at Vox Daily and Deirdre of the Voice Over Bulletin Board have collaborated on what can be the most important article for those looking to start voice acting in the lucrative video games industry. Play the games! They go into a little more detail about why you should be playing video games, but the main point is if you want to work in that industry you need to understand it. CLICK HERE for the story

Devil May Cry 4’s Dante voiced by Reuben Langdon

$500,000 for one voice over session. It sounds like a wonderful dream, doesn’t it? Well, that’s the payout that one unnamed film actor received for his work on a video game, also unnamed. That was just the precedent setting paycheck with another film actor requesting $750,000 for a one hour session on another game, but ultimately being denied.

Reuters has an article up regarding the raising of voice over rates and the infiltration of the out of work film actor in video games.

The video game industry is a prosperous emerging market for the voice over artist with $18 billion in sales in 2007. This has, of course, caught the eye of film actors wanting a piece of that money pie at the detriment of the voice actor.

But is it all bad?

While they may taking away jobs from voice over artists, they are also raising the base rates for these video game sessions. Depending on how you view it, a voice over actor can now make more money in this sector. But, at the expense of more readily available jobs.

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Voice Actor Michael Rosenbaum, better known as Lex Luthor on TV’s Smallville, has been tapped to voice Hayden Tenno in DP3A’s upcoming game Dark Sector. CLICK HERE for the story