"Call of Duty Black Ops II" has quickly become one of the Games of the Year and is even being tipped to surpass Xbox 360's the highly regarded "Halo 4" and the globally-appealing "FIFA 13."
The new "Call of Duty," was developed by Treyarch and features the voice of Hollywood star Michael Keaton.
In an interview by John Gaudiosi with Hollywood Reporter Treyarch's gamer director, Dave Anthony, spoke on how it was to work with Hollywood actors on the project.
"One of the great things about working on a game like Black Ops II is that you really do get attention from the real A-list of Hollywood," Anthony said. "One of the characters in the game is played by Michael Keaton, who I can tell you I'm a huge fan of his work, and to get the opportunity to work with someone like him is amazing. When you get to meet him he's everything you would want him to be. He's so smart. He's so nice and it's just a dream come true. Working with Sam Worthington, who starred in the biggest movie of all time with Avatar. He's one of the most humble, nicest, hardworking people I've ever worked with. I can see exactly why James Cameron picked him for that role because he just gives it his all."
On the commitment of the voice actors:
"I would say it's an insane level of commitment actually. Let me give you an example of Kamar de los Reyes who plays Raul Menendez. His character is in there for I don't know how long. When I showed him the completed version of a lot of his scenes the other day, it was almost cathartic to him because he'd invested himself so heavily in the preproduction of this and assumed the character himself.
"There's sometimes a perception that celebrities may come on to a game and just phone it in because it's a video game or something like that," he added.
The game was released for the PS3 and Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows on Nov. 13 and is getting good reviews from the gaming industry and players.
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