"Brooklyn Nine-Nine" star Terry Crews has long been a fan of Video Games, including Blizzard's "Overwatch." So much so that he was eager to lend his voice to the game's Doomfist character, which has now arrived at the PTR. Sadly, the collaboration between Blizzard and Crews fell through, and the actor recently spoke out saying that he has no hard feelings about it at all.
Terry Crews is not upset about the Doomfist casting
Some fans were surprised to find that Doomfist, who recently made it to the "Overwatch" PTR, was not voiced by Terry Crews. The 48-year old actor has been vocal about his love for the game and even created an audition video for the voice role of Doomfist.
Fans were supportive of this move, but it fell through when Blizzard decided to go with another voice actor. Crews told PC Gamer that he's aware that some fans of the game are upset, but that he wasn't upset about the part going to someone else at all. He admitted, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" star Terry Crews has long been a fan of video games, including Blizzard's "Overwatch." So much so that he was eager to lend his voice to the game's Doomfist character, which has now arrived at the PTR. Sadly, the collaboration between Blizzard and Crews fell through, and the actor recently spoke out saying that he has no hard feelings about it at all."
Actor remains good friends with Blizzard
Terry Crews, who is returning as Sgt.
Terry Jeffords in "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" season 5, also admitted that he and the Blizzard team are "all good." In fact, Crews has an even better role in Reagent Games and Sumo Digital's "Crackdown 3." Design director Garett Wilson told IGN that in the game, Crews plays "playable character, and he's a character in the narrative, so he's in the opening cutscene." But aside from that, there's not much information to go on with, as the game was just announced during E3.
Doomfist's backstory explained
Meanwhile, in other "Overwatch" news, Blizzard has announced that Doomfist will finally move from the PTR to the game on July 27. The studio also released more information about the playable character's backstory, explaining that Doomfist, whose real name is Akande Ogundimu, hails from a "well-regarded Nigerian family" and is "heir to its prosthetic-technology company." A trained fighter, Doomfist is well-versed in competitive martial arts.
However, the Omnic Crisis found a victim in his right arm, which was replaced by his company's cybernetic prosthetics. Doomfist (who isn't voiced by Terry Crews) is set to arrive in "Overwatch" this July 27.
