Special Achievement

Best Voice Acting

For as much as technology has progressed to the point that playing a game can now make you feel like you're watching a top-tier Hollywood movie, it's not just the code running a game that makes the experience. For a developer, going out and finding the best voice actors you can and molding their performances into believable characters is a critical part of any big-budget game. Whether we teared up with laughter or teared up with sadness, we've seen--and heard--some great performances this year. Here are the best of the best from 2009.

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24 Comments

  • milan4554

    Posted Dec 27, 2009 8:24 pm GMT

    UNCHARTED2 instend of me playing i was just watching it bcse its so good like movie.
    UC2 ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!!!!

  • -Randy-Orton-

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 6:18 am GMT

    Holy crap Tomrock101 you need to stop inappropriately touching UC2 that's basically all you say on every single award

  • Tomrock101

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 6:01 pm GMT

    UC2 Voice acting is like a movie

  • x-2tha-z

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 5:53 pm GMT

    Batman AA is the real winner here.

  • Nuggetol

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 6:13 am GMT

    Brutal Legend or Batman:Arkham Asylum should've won :S

  • Nicksta101

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 5:26 am GMT

    Where is Arkham Asylum in the editor's choice?!

  • STARS_Splinter

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 4:40 am GMT

    Uncharted 2's voice acting was absolutely sublime, and so natural. Though Batman Arkham Asylum would be a close second for me.

  • sambob530

    Posted Dec 22, 2009 10:04 am GMT

    Totally agree, secretgamer666

  • secretgamer666

    Posted Dec 22, 2009 3:05 am GMT

    it had to be either uncharted 2 or brutal legend

  • webby1

    Posted Dec 21, 2009 7:32 pm GMT

    Dragon Age had pretty good voice acting, but seriously Uncharted 2 has the best voice acting I have seen in a long time. The improvising helps a lot

  • HavQ-san

    Posted Dec 21, 2009 4:13 pm GMT

    The choice between Brutal Legend and Uncharted was tough, but I had to go with the first option. That voicework rocked.

  • bm1212

    Posted Dec 21, 2009 2:25 pm GMT

    This game rules all.

  • myungish

    Posted Dec 20, 2009 1:45 pm GMT

    mark hamill and kevin conroy wins hands

  • Avenger1324

    Posted Dec 19, 2009 12:33 pm GMT

    Dragon Age - making characters like Morrigan look so much like the actress that voices her makes it so much more familiar and easy to relate to. You can recognise the sarcasm in her voice from her other roles in Farscape and Stargate.

  • chocolate1325

    Posted Dec 19, 2009 7:56 am GMT

    The cast of Uncharted had terrific voice acting way better than any game I have seen.

  • efc91

    Posted Dec 19, 2009 1:02 am GMT

    Uncharted 2

  • Racer850

    Posted Dec 18, 2009 10:52 am GMT

    Uncharted 2 without a doubt!

  • lukas1051

    Posted Dec 18, 2009 10:34 am GMT

    @English-Lion

    We get your point. You like Dragon Age Origins. But it wasn't the best game of the year, you don't need to say it on every one of these.

  • rht992

    Posted Dec 18, 2009 8:35 am GMT

    if it was a single character then the joker would win but overall i would have to say uncharted, GTA or dragon age

  • English-Lion

    Posted Dec 18, 2009 8:05 am GMT

    I am with LordRork and Jigsaw- on this one!
    I belevie every character in Dragon Age was voice brilliantly!
    Dragon Age game of the year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • Dec 21
    Special Achievement
  • Dec 22
    Dubious Honors
  • Dec 23
    Genre Awards
  • Dec 24
    Platform Awards
  • Dec 25
    Game of the Year

Readers' Choice winners are announced Jan. 27, 2010