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Despite the initial pushback, Larian is making Divinity with the help of AI, but you won't see it in-game: "Everything is human actors; we're writing everything ourselves"

Larian boss Swen Vincke says "I think at this point everyone at the company is more or less OK with the way we’re using it"

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Astarion actor Neil Newbon doesn't get why games like Arc Raiders using 'dull as hell' AI for voice work don't 'go back and actually redo the lines with actors' once they make it big

"That's an option; I'm just saying."

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Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor Neil Newbon says the RPG's beloved vampire has "meant more than I ever realized he would," and "I'm not ready to let go of him"

The actor says it's been "really moving" to see what an impact his character and other Baldur's Gate 3 favorites have had on fans

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"It saved my life": Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor says performance capture acting in games pulled him out of "£34,000 worth of debt" and "years of not doing very well"

"But not only that, it also reinvigorated it"

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As if playing Astarion in Baldur's Gate 3 wasn't enough, Neil Newbon's latest performance in Dead Take is the best acting I've seen in gaming

Opinion | The actor's collaboration with Sam Lake and Ben Starr is truly exceptional

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Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor says his new dating sim character sounded too much like his iconic vampire voice, so he had to base his performance on a fictional sex symbol from an '80s British sitcom instead

"We wanted to make sure that he wasn't going to fall into the Astarion trope too much"

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Baldur's Gate 3's Neil Newbon wants to reprise his role, but when people say 'this character's just like Astarion, would you like to play them?' he's 'like not really, no'

It's not you, darling, it's me. I have standards.

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Baldur's Gate 3 actor Neil Newbon has turned down "Astarion-like" roles because he "wouldn't necessarily enjoy" them, but he "would love to play" the iconic vampire again

Newbon doesn't want to be "an Astarion-like character"

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Astarion actor Neil Newbon says method acting makes it hard to shake off characters after playing them, and still laughs a little like the Baldur's Gate 3 Vampire to this day

"You do get a bit of a come down where you're trying to shake the character off"

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Steam Just Released the Most Unconventional Horror Game of the Year

Dead Take is a highly unconventional horror game that puts a lens on the nature of art and creation, raising major questions in the process. It's a must-play.

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I thought the scariest thing about Dead Take would be its Final Fantasy and Baldur's Gate 3 stars doing American accents, but no horror game has stunned me like this since 2022

Horror Special | Dead Take exposes the true price of fame, and it's an uncomfortably brilliant experience

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'They stuck to their convictions': Astarion's VA Neil Newbon is glad Larian stepped away from Baldur's Gate 3 to follow their passions, since 'It was absolutely the right call'

See you later, astral cowboy.

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Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor says Larian made the right call in stepping away from the series, and he's "curious" to see which studio could handle Baldur's Gate 4

"I really hope that I get to reprise Astarion in some form or another"

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Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor says "AI sucks" and "doesn't work very well," and even if it didn't suck, "so what? Why not make it with people? Why not have more fun?"

"Even if it comes to a point where you can't tell the difference, so what?" asks Neil Newbon

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Astarion voice actor Neil Newbon sinks his fangs into AI and shreds it: 'AI sucks … It doesn't have the happy accident possibility that are those great moments in film'

You don't get Baldur's Gate 3's acting with AI, I tell you that much.

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Dave the Diver celebrates 2nd birthday by sharing messages from Baldur's Gate 3 actor Neil Newbon and the Subnautica studio CEO, bringing back Godzilla DLC, and dang, delaying its next DLC

It's mostly good vibes in here

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Neil Newbon definitely wants to play Astarion again, and if whatever studio that makes Baldur’s Gate 4 recasts him, he’ll totally ‘hunt them down and gut them like a fish’

"I hope I get to play him again."

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"I hope I get to play him again": Baldur's Gate 3's Astarion would love to play the RPG's beloved vampire in a sequel, joking he'd "have to be dead" before being recast

More Astarion in Baldur's Gate 4? Yes, please

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"I believe in experiencing life and art through human expression, not software": Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor calls for proper AI regulation

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Mass Effect's Jennifer Hale, who played femshep, 'saw no line' before she recorded them for Bioware's flagship trilogy: 'It was all cold reading on the spot'

"It's extraordinarily demanding."

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'What do you mean real actors?': Astarion's VO, who shared an awards category with Idris Elba after Baldur's Gate 3, remembers the dark ages of mocap

"I had agents turn down three-week mocap gigs that I didn't even know about."

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Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor Neil Newbon says he "got rid of" agents who deliberately kept him away from video game gigs: "They just didn't want me to do it"

Larian's RPG is better off for it

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Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion actor comes face to face with what might just be the best merch to come of the RPG yet – a 5-foot Funko Pop figure of his character

Where can I get one?

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The BAFTAs dares to ask the internet: 'What is the most influential videogame of all time?'

You probably shouldn't write in Gamey McGameface but you can if you want to.

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Jade Thirlwall to go head-to-head with Jordan Stephens at LGBT Awards for Celebrity Ally

Jade Thirlwall will go head-to-head with Jordan Stephens for the title of Celebrity Ally at the Britsh LGBT Awards and fans can vote now for who they think should win

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