Matt Ryan, who played Edward Kenway in Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, says the term “voice actor” doesn’t really fit modern video game performances anymore.
Ryan explained that actors in today’s games do much more than record dialogue. With motion capture and facial capture technology, they perform full scenes using body movements, facial expressions, and emotions, which are used directly in the game.
“You see the performances in the eyes, it blows me away,”
He also said that working on modern games is now very similar to acting in movies because performers are involved in every part of the character, not just the voice.
Actor Kumail Nanjiani says Naughty Dog’s new game Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is still a couple of years away.
In December 2025, he appeared on the Comedy Means Business podcast where he does motion capture and voice work for the game. He said: “I did do another one that’s gonna come out in a couple of years. A Naughty Dog one that’s gonna be really, really good.”
Nanjiani plays Colin Graves, a member of the criminal group called the Five Aces. This is Naughty Dog’s first new game since The Last of Us. Neil Druckmann is the director
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