Ever wondered where video games get their voice actors from? Sleeping Dogs, a game of triad infiltration set in Hong Kong, can boast Hollywood-caliber actors, many of whom are themselves bicultural Asian American.
The game aims to fuse Eastern and Western influence, so it's fitting that much of its cast has Asian and American connections either through family or work, as its latest trailer relates.
Main character Detective Wei Shen is voiced by Will Yun Lee, a Korean American who played the diamond-studded Col. Tan-Sun Moon in Bond flick Die Another Day, while Oscar-nominated and Emmy award-winning Brit Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton, Batman Begins) provides the vocal talent for Shen's handler, Superintendent Pendrew.
Shen, having worked his way into the powerful Triad network, meets old playground pal Jackie Mah -- co-incidentally, Mah's Chinese Canadian voice actor Edison Chen rose to fame as an undercover Triad member in the Infernal Affairs trilogy.
Lucy Liu of Charlie's Angels and Kill Bill also stars, as does Emma Stone (The Amazing Spider-Man's Gwen Stacy), and players can expect to encounter both Kelly Hu (X2: X-Men United) and Lindsay Price (Beverly Hills 90210) among others.
Sleeping Dogs is to launch during the week of August 14, fortuitous timing considering the general lack of new open world go-anywhere action games until Borderlands 2 expands franchise horizons late September and Assassin's Creed III swoops in at the end of October.
Saints Row 4 is not due until the end of 2013, and a late 2012/early 2013 date for Grand Theft Auto V remains unconfirmed.
Sleeping Dogs 'Behind the Scenes: Voice-Over Talent' - youtu.be/vYXOANLzuJw
Official website: sleepingdogs.net
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