Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Voice Actors Have Been Recast, Confirms Activision

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Black Ops 6 faces AI-related controversies, with fans concerned about assets and voice actors being recast.
Zeke Alton and Activision have now recently come out to confirm that actors have been recast, with Alton claiming the performance of William Peck is not his.
Activision also confirmed recasts, with a spokesperson claiming that the company "respects the personal choice🍎 of these performers".

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Complaints about AI have been a realﷺ pain in the neck for Activision with Black Ops 6, despite its alleged frequent usage, and now another situation involving AI has the🅠 company in the bad books of fans once again. Earlier this month, , as performances by established characters weren't quite the same as they were in previous games and marketing material.

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William Peck and Samantha Maxis are the two characters that players immediately noticed were different - with the latter returning in Black Ops 6 as an AI called S.A.M. - and fans 𝓡were worried that voice actors Zeke Alton and Julie Nathanson had been axed. Turns out, fans were right to be worried, as Activision and Alton himself have confirmed that they were recast.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Voice Actors Have Been Recast, Confirms Activision

A close up of a man with an eyepatch in Black Ops 6

, Alton claimed that the performance behind William Peck "is not [mine]", but that "the lack of crediting [of the replacement actor] implies that it may still be me". That is essentially a claim that Alton believes the perforꦦmance of Peck in Black Ops 6 could be AI generated as well, though there is no hard proof of that just yet. Activision could have simply wanted to avoid recasting drama, after all.

Activision itself also made a statement to Game ✃Developer, implying that some actors from Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 have been recast, though the company doesn't mention which ones.

"We 🌠respect the personal choice of these performers," says an Activision spokesperson. "Out of respect for all parties, we won’t add new commentary about the ongoing negotiations with SAG-AFTRA. We look forward to a mutually beneficial outcome as soon as possible."

It's worth pointing out 🦄that Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is not a production struck by the SAG-AFTRA strike, as the game began production before the strike was called. More likely, Zeke Alt🥂on and Julie Nathanson simply didn't sign new contracts with Activision in solidarity with striking voice actors, so the people now behind these recast roles (if they are people) can't be considered scabs.

We don't have all the details just yet, or confirmation that the SAG-AFTRA strikes had anything to do with the recasting of these characters, even if it does seem rather likely. that Peck's voice changed rather dramatically between a trailer released in August and the in-game scene in November, but until we get more info, we don't know the specifics of ﷺthe situation for sure.