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Spartacus Actor Liam McIntyre Went From Selling Video Games To Starring In One

Australian actor Liam McIntyre had appeared in the HBO World War II mini-series, The Pacific, but until then, American audiences didn’t know his face. After tragedy struck the production of Starz’ hit TV series, Spartacus, with star Andy Whitfield losing his battle with cancer; a global search ensued to replace the titular role in the bloody and violent gladiator show.

McIntyre impressed show creator Steven DeKnight and stepped into the sandals as Spartacus last season. With the final season of the series, Spartacus: War of the Damned, set to debut January 25, McIntyre is going virtual in a new free-to-play downloadable console game from Ubisoft. The actor worked closely with developer Kung Fu Factory to create Spartacus Legends, which features his voice, likeness and actual moves. The actor explains how he went from selling games at GameStop to starring in one in this exclusive interview.

SnakeCQC4103d ago

i miss the other Spartacus he was alot better

jeremyj29134103d ago

Agreed. I was so sad when I found out he passed away because of cancer.

x5exotic4103d ago

they look the same, stop yer bitchin'

Not that Spartacus is remotely the most interesting character on the show.

Hell, Gannicus feels like the main character now

KING854103d ago

I would have to disagree with the looking alike part, but they Gannicus I agree is a more interesting character.

sypher4103d ago

Cant wait for the final season. He had a lot to live up to after Andy died but I actually think he has done really well.

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Ubisoft's Recent Antics Have Me Fearful For The Sands of Time Remake

Hanzala from eXputer: "With Ubisoft's practices becoming increasingly anti-consumer lately, the destruction of The Sands of Time Remake looks almost inevitable."

thorstein2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Hey Ubi, here's a gun, don't shoot yourself in the foot.

*Ubi takes gun, aims at foot, empties clip*

Chocoburger1d 17h ago

At this point, only dummies have any hope left for Ubi-junk games.

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Disney adds Blizzard and Ubisoft veterans to its games leadership team

Top executives including games boss Sean Shoptaw have also been promoted…

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Behind XDefiant's Toxic Work Culture, Crunch, and Years of Delays

Behind XDefiant's toxic work culture, crunch, delays, and a group of directors and managers internally referred to as 'The Boys Club'.

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just_looken21d ago

Man the industry just keeps on going with all this bs and to think this is ubisoft again remember what happened with that skull bones team same crap.
https://www.theverge.com/20...

This game will be tossed out broken unplolished with a bloated budget trying to be cod but will fail sense ubi can get there shit in order. If i was me i would have gotten rid of this boys club asap there is alot looking for work out there.

jznrpg21d ago (Edited 21d ago )

Every industry has these issues

Some companies I’ve worked for were great and some were toxic as hell (UPS when I was a teenager was extremely toxic and I have heard it still is) It all starts at the top. They either hold people accountable , set standards and treat people with respect or the crap rolls downhill.