The recently announced retro dungeon crawler Underworld Ascendant will feature the gravelly voiced talents of actor Stephen L. Russell, best known for his portrayal of Thief protagonist Garrett.
It’s not known exactly what role Russell will take on if the game’s crowd-funding campaign is successful, but it’s not particularly surprising to see him reunite with former members of the Looking Glass development team.
“At LookingGlass we worked closely with Stephen,” write the OtherSide team in an update post, “where he voiced some of the more memorable characters from Thief, Thief II and System Shock 2. Stephen also did voice acting for Fallout 3 and Skyrim. We’re looking forward to working with him once again.”
OtherSide is of course headed by industry veteran Paul Neurath, who worked at Looking Glass on all those classic titles. I got a chance to speak with him about the Kickstarter campaign for his first-person fantasy dungeon crawler earlier this year.
Underworld Ascendant has raised the relatively promising amount if $455,434 out of its $600,000 goal, with 17 days to go on the campaign.
