Watch Your Back, Troy, Ben Starr's Back in Another Leading Role

Rising young star seems to be everywhere.We don't know if video game voice actors constantly keep track of each other's relative power levels, competitively speaking (in the deadly way video game journalists do), but we like to think so. Still, we've been keeping an unofficial score here at Push Square, and in any competition between Final Fantasy XIII's Snow Villiers and Final Fantasy XVI's Clive Rosfield, our money's on Starr every time.Troy Baker is probably the industry English male lead to beat at this stage, with some immortal performances under his belt (not to mention upcoming roles in Naughty Dog's Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet and Kojima's Death Stranding: On the Beach). But this hot-shot young Starr kid (born in 1988, a year older than this scribe) we're always hearing about keeps booking new gigs and has some exciting projects in the pipeline.Read the full article on pushsquare.com

We don't know if video game voice actors constantly keep track of each other's relative power levels, competitively speaking (in the deadly way video game journalists do), but we like to think so. Still, we've been keeping an unofficial score here at Push Square , and in any competition between Final Fantasy XIII's Snow Villiers and Final Fantasy XVI's Clive Rosfield, our money's on Starr every time. Troy Baker is probably the industry English male lead to beat at this stage, with some immortal performances under his belt (not to mention upcoming roles in Naughty Dog's Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet and Kojima's Death Stranding: On the Beach ).

But this hot-shot young Starr kid (born in 1988, a year older than this scribe) we're always hearing about keeps booking new gigs and has some exciting projects in the pipeline. Starr is the lead in The First Berserker: Khazan , the upcoming RPG based on Nexon's Dungeon Fighter Online IP (with a ridiculous 800 million players worldwide), and it's probably safe to say it will find an audience. With a cell-shaded aesthetic and Soulslike combat, especially as gameplay appears to have shaped up after a rough first showing, watch out for this one on 27th March 2025.

But it's Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 that we look forward to most, an exciting and modern take on AAA, turn-based RPGs, supposedly out sometime in 2025. Starr plays a party member, Verso, alongside a ridiculously strong cast , and we've got a sneaking suspicion this game will be big, barring any unforeseen catastrophe..