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#10 Idris Elba Now over the course of the NBA 2K series countless
stars have lended their image and voice to the game.
Weve seen Haley Joel Osment and Anthony Mackie being key players in the 2K19 game, but no
one quite as big a star as Idris Elba who will be making his debut as a coach in NBA
2K20 Throughout the My Career mode Idris will act as the main characters college coach.
The entire story is also being produced in collaboration with LeBron James’ production
company Spring Hill Entertainment.
As a long time fan of the series myself and fans alike usually have some hesitation when
a celebrity comes in to co-produce the stories for this game.
However with someone like Lebron who actually played in the NBA this story mode should turn
out to be one of their best yet and with Idris leading the game its going to become a classic.
#9 Snoop Dogg With Snoop Dogg co-hosting a show with Martha
Stewart and now hosting his own game show its easy to forget his gangster rap background.
However his role in the video game True Crime Streets of LA will forever serve as a stark
reminder that Snoop wasnt always about cooking the perfect quiche.
After collecting 30 Dogg Bones hidden around the game and thats D-O-Double G for Dog, you
will immediately trigger a Snoop Dogg mini game called Dogg Patrol.
This will allow players to use Snoop as a playable character to ride around the streets
of LA solving crimes and taking down the bad guys
#8 Michael Jackson
In perhaps one of the most ridiculous of celebrity cameos the King of Pop found his way into
the center of a boxing ring.
We say ridiculous because, well fighting wasn't really part of the stars expertise.
Although that didn't stop video game Ready 2 Rumble Boxing from including Michael and
all his moonwalking glory from stepping into the squared circle.
With his one bedazzled glove the developers did their best to capture his likeness.
Along with their attempts, Jackson also came into the studio to lend his voice for the
character as well as letting the animation team capture his motions as well.
If youre wondering why it looks a little clumsy, well it was 1999 so that pretty much is all
the explanation you need.
#7 Ozzy Osbourne The infamous Prince of Darkness made one of
the most memorable celebrity appearances amongst many other hardcore rockers such as Lemmy
and Rob Halford in Tim Schafers love letter to rock video game Brutal Legend.
Whether youre a fan of Black Sabbath or not it was difficult not to enjoy his performance
as he proclaims to be the Guardian of Metal to the protagonist of the game.
Not exactly the prince of darkness, but hey its close enough.
#6 Shaquille O’Neal Seeing professional athletes play themselves
in a sports video game is quite normal, what isnt that normal though is seeing them play
themselves in an entirely different sports game.
For Shaq though the godzilla gorilla not only stepped inside of a UFC training ring in real
life, but also became an unlockable character for fans of UFC Undisputed 2010.
Although because hes naturally a basketball player his stats in comparison to everyone
else seem crazy.
Shaq stands just over 7 feet tall making him much taller than pretty much any UFC competitor
in the sports history.
This cameo was terrific, but in our opinion they dropped the ball a little bit.
Usually Bruce Buffer will say which area of expertise the fighter trained in, but for
Shaq they just went with the bland Mixed Martial Arts fighter.
Big missed opportunity for brining Shaq-Fu into the mainstream.
#5 Ricky Gervais
As a stand-up comedian I have to admit that I was a little jealous over this massive opportunity
for Ricky Gervais.
Starring as himself inside the seedy local comedy club in Grand Theft Auto 4, Gervais
delivered some terrific jokes to a crowd of NPCs.
It was a little bizarre to watch him navigate the stage with no microphone in sight, but
nonetheless Rockstar Games captured his humour so perfectly bottling up some reality that
helped keep the game grounded.
It wasnt just a one off scene either, you could come back to the club and watch Ricky
perform new jokes which was refreshing and entertaining.
#4 H3H3 Productions For
you avid youtube fans out there I bet there was nothing more rewarding than watching the
team of Ethan and Hila from H3H3 productions making their way into Payday 2.
Although were not exactly sure if many gamers recognized them at first.
Their must have been someone over at Overkill Studios who knew that including them in the
game would only benefit the hype for the second installment of the series.
Their main channel currently has over 6 and a half million subscribers with their podcast
having over 2 million all on its own.
Thats some serious promotion and on their video titled - Were in Payday 2 - They garnered
3.4 million views.
Ethan spoke in the video about how their team set-up fan events in Sweden and even let the
YouTubers select everything from costumes to weapons.
They seemed pleased with the whole experience even if Ethan felt he was fat shamed by fans
of the game.
#3 Kit Harrington
Best known for his role as Jon Snow in HBOs Game of Thrones, the star also had his moment
in the sun playing a starring role for call of duty infinite warfare.
Harington plays as the games main antagonist which is a nice change of pace for how fans
usually view him.
This game also put on display just how far the technology has come in recreating celebrity
faces.
#2 Norman Reedus
At the Tribeca Film Festival fans had gathered to hear new details for Kojima Productions
newest video game Death Standing.
Surprisingly on the red carpet was Walking Dead star Norman Reedus.
After posing with some fans and giving out autographs, the team revealed that Norman
just wouldnt be in the game, but he would act as a playable character.
In order to capture all of Norman for the game their animation team spent two straight
days scanning his entire body, including his wide variety of facial expressions.
Norman has played a large role in the recreation of his celebrity cameo for this game as well
even insisting that they rescan him to insert a new tattoo that he got.
Plus during the reveal he even joked that if he were to get any new tattoos they would
be sure to include them in a new DLC skin pack.
Also for the curious amongst you, Death Stranding is set to be released November 8th, 2019.
#1 Keanu Reeves
During the Xbox E3 2019 press conference CD Projekt Red brought the heat with their newest
teaster for the game Cyberpunk 2077.
In the trailer the protagonist who were assuming will be our playable character gets roughed
up after a deal goes sideways and ends up being tossed into a junkyard outside of the
city.
This was the big reveal where they introduced Keanu Reeves NPC Johnny Silverhand.
Along with this celebrity cameo, Reeves stole the show in person as well making us that
much more excited for this truly breathtaking game.
Silverhand was actually an iconic character from the original Cyberpunk 2020 so it will
be interesting to see how well Keanu fits into his role as the hologram urging us to
help him burn the city down.
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