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Meet Troy Baker, gaming’s leading man

Yahoo - You may not know Troy Baker's face, but if you've played the year’s biggest video games, you certainly know his voice.

Baker has been an up and coming video game voice actor for a few years now, but in 2013, he has exploded in a way no one could have imagined, voicing the main character in two critically-acclaimed hits. That’s a bit like an actor scoring major roles in multiple Oscar-nominated films in the same year.

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xHeavYx4303d ago

This guy does a great job, if I didn't know it's him, I wouldn't have known he did Delsin's voice

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Best Lead Performance of 2024

VGChartz's Lee Mehr: "As game scripts expand in size and the technology to capture performances improves, blockbuster game companies are under tremendous pressure to get the right fit for a leading role. In some cases, said actor essentially becomes the face of that franchise; their mug may be digitally altered or cropped in select ways, but they're – more or less – in the same spot as a film actor at this point. As a result, there's also a keener interest in how those performers sound if they're replacing somebody else.

Perhaps the most glaring example of that was Bloober Team's Silent Hill 2 remake. Alongside a bevy of other gameplay & story alterations, Luke Roberts replacing Guy Cihi's original James Sunderland was a major point of distress for long-time fans before release. Sure, Cihi wasn't a trained actor at the time (and it shows), but he carried a type of unique charm that meshed perfectly with the game's strange world. A similar situation was Troy Baker assuming the mantle of Indiana Jones. How similar could he actually sound to a younger Harrison Ford? Judging by the collective staff & community acclaim, both of them fared quite well, and so too did the others who made up our final five."

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Neil Druckmann And Troy Baker Experience The Last Of Us At Halloween Horror Nights

This looks awesome. ’ Halloween Horror Night sends Neil Druckmann, Co-Studio Head & Head of Creative at Naughty Dog, and Troy Baker, the actor behind Joel, on a terrifying excursion of the “The Last of Us” haunted house, based on Naughty Dog and PlayStation’s award-winning post-pandemic video game.

Christopher594d ago

Neil's body language seems to say the opposite of what he says. He doesn't seem to react to anything other than pointing.

mkis007594d ago

To me it looks like he is not easily scared.

Garethvk592d ago

You have to wonder if it is one of those cases of I know I have to be here for P.R. reasons but I am not really excited to be here.

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Troy Baker and Roger Clark Working With Fallen Leaf-Confirmed

The good news is here! Troy Baker and Roger Clark are indeed working together with the Polish studio Fallen Leaf. Read now to find out more!

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