Will Martin Sheen leads voice cast for Mass Effect 2?”
To find voice actors for space epic Mass Effect 2, developers BioWare turned to the White House. Well, the fictional one, that is. West Wing actor Martin Sheen leads a star-laden cast for their upcoming role-playing game, out on January 26 for PC and Xbox 360. Sheen will play the role of “the mysterious Illusive Man who commands Cerberus, a secretive paramilitary organization dedicated to protecting human interests in the galaxy.” “Emotionally engaging narrative is a key design pillar for BioWare, and the top-notch voice talent in Mass Effect 2 helps drive this goal,” says Dr. Ray Muzyka, co-founder of BioWare, in a statement. Also lending their vocal talents to Mass Effect 2: Emmy winner Shoreh Aghdashloo, Seth Green, Chuck actors Yvonne Strahovski and Adam Baldwin, and Carrie-Anne Moss, who played Trinity in The Matrix. Check out our preview from E3 for more on the game.
Mass Effect 2 is an upcoming action role-playing video game under development by BioWare Edmonton with assistance from BioWare Montreal, and set to be published by Electronic Arts. The game is the sequel to Mass Effect, and will be released on Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360[8][9] in North America on January 26, 2010, and in Europe on January 29, 2010. Audio Mass Effect 2 will have 90 voice actors playing 546 characters, speaking over 31,000 lines of dialogue.[38] Actors Martin Sheen, Michael Dorn, Carrie-Anne Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Tricia Helfer, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Adam Baldwin, Simon Templeman and Michael Hogan have been announced to voice characters in the game. Keith David and Seth Green return into the game reprising their roles as David Anderson and Jeff “Joker” Moreau respectively.[39] Voice actor D.C.
