World at War favourite and The Rock star validated for Treyarch's upcoming shooter; Dark Knight scribe David S. Goyer helping with script and story.
What does True Crime, Spyro the Dragon, and Call of Duty: Black Ops all have in common? Who else, but the one and only Gary Oldman. Activision has confirmed and publicly announced today that the Hollywood star, best known for his roles in The Book of Eli, Harry Potter, True Romance and The Dark Knight would be returning cast to the Call of Duty franchise to voice Viktor Reznov from Treyarch's previous entry, World at War.
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| Ed Harris |
On the other hand, another well known and prominent voice actor, and real time Hollywood celebrity Ed Harris has been casted and has experience in playing military type of roles before, such as in 1996's The Rock.
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| David S. Goyer |
The megapublisher also established that Ed Harris, recognized for his roles in such motion pictures as The Right Stuff, The Rock, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, A History of Violence and A Beautiful Mind, would be voice acting the CIA operative Jason Hudson, one of the game’s main characters. Activision also said that substantiation for the script and story scribes would be provided by FlashForward cocreator and comic book writer David S. Goyer. Goyer also wrote the scripts for critically acclaimed and honored Batman reboot Batman Begins and the story for its sequel The Dark Knight.
Oldman is no stranger to video game projects, having first worked on Medal of Honor: Allied Assault in 2003. Since then, he has leant his voice to True Crime: Streets of LA and three separate Spyro The Dragon titles. Goyer contributed to the story of the Batman Begins game, while Black Ops is Harris' first game project.
Call of Duty: Black Ops is due out worldwide on November 9.
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dedicated servers + new game modes
thank god ^^
Sirius Black Ops? :)
Alright, this makes me want the game because now I know the storyline will be good.