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Cullen, Welker sign on for Transformers game

Original voices of Optimus Prime, Megatron reprise roles for Activision game based on battlin' bots movie; audio clip, new screens inside.

Source by - By Tim Surette, GameSpot.com
Click Here to hear Frank Welker as MEGATRON!

Back in the 1980s, children were riveted to their television sets to watch the ongoing battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons. The "robots in disguise" became a sensation, and one of that generation's most popular catch phrases was the animated series' famous battlecry, "Autobots, roll out!"

The man behind that line is Peter Cullen, who voiced the Autobot leader Optimus Prime. Also lending vocal talents to the show was Frank Welker, who provided the raspy voice of Decepticon leader Megatron.



Today, Activision announced that both Cullen and Welker (pictured above) have signed on to reprise their roles in the publisher's upcoming Transformers: The Game, based on the DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures film Transformers, due out in early July.

"As Transformers fans, we knew the importance of having the well-known voices of Optimus Prime and Megatron in the game,” said Activision head of production Laird Malamed.

In addition to sending shivers down the spines of kids as Megatron, Soundwave, Buzzsaw, and other Transformers, Welker has done voicework for The Simpsons, Kingdom Hearts II, and New Super Mario Bros. and Mario Party 5 as Bowser. Cullen also provided the voices for fellow Transformers Ironhide and Slugslinger, and the sheepish Eeyore of Winnie the Pooh fame.



For more on their inspirations for the voices and involvement in the Transformers film and game, read GameSpot's Q&As with Peter Cullen and Frank Welker.

Transformers: The Game will be released on multiple platforms this summer. Traveller's Tales is developing the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 2, and PC versions, Savage Entertainment is developing the PlayStation Portable edition, and Vicarious Visions is working on the two DS versions.

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finally, now people will really want it now, cool welker as megatron in the game witch is usually better then the game, sometimes!

OMG thats so awsome

And the choir of angels sing!

Best news i heard all day.

As if I needed another reason to buy a videogame wherein you can transform from robots to vehicles, drive around huge open environment and blow **** up...

This is gonna be icing on one kick-ass cake!

SKowl wrote:As if I needed another reason to buy a videogame wherein you can transform from robots to vehicles, drive around huge open environment and blow **** up...

This is gonna be icing on one kick-ass cake!

I completely agree. I do not know which I am looking more forward to at this point, the movie or the game.

It is going to be so much fun hearing the original Megatron's voice again.

Jesus, I thought the terrorists struck again. Guess I've never seen breaking news at seibertron.com before. Glad to see Welker will play the role as Megatron again. But I wonder if it will be his version or him imitating Weaving's Megatron.

So is this a happy medium for people?

Cool news indeed, but still dissappointed Welker will not be doing Megs in the movie.
BTW, my brother heard, on a comic art forum he frequents,
that Welker did not get the part for the movie because he didn't audition in person.
Anyone else heard this?

I don't understand. The video game saw a demand for Welker's voice as Megatron, why not the movie?

Wow, Hugo Weaving has some big shoes to fill. Especially considering that they awarded him the part because they claimed Welker didn't sound like Megatron anymore. He didn't seem to do a bad job there.

Thats cool, but tell Pete to shave!

Listen to the recording on the page...Welker does a perfect Megatron...his voice hasn't changed. Now I'm upset again!!! Damn...I was just starting to agree that maybe he wasn't right for Megs...

well, i can think of no other response besides AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't know if anybody have seen the second picture yet, but I think that is "Swindle".

is that swindle?

Hey you're right!

Kronos wrote:Listen to the recording on the page...Welker does a perfect Megatron...his voice hasn't changed. Now I'm upset again!!! Damn...I was just starting to agree that maybe he wasn't right for Megs...

so you were the one who didnt let welker be megatron . man, welkers real voice is so plain

Ninja Sixshot wrote:

Kronos wrote:Listen to the recording on the page...Welker does a perfect Megatron...his voice hasn't changed. Now I'm upset again!!! Damn...I was just starting to agree that maybe he wasn't right for Megs...

so you were the one who didnt let welker be megatron . man, welkers real voice is so plain

I've noticed that's how many voice actors are. The reason I think is that because they have plain voices they would try changing it even from a young age. Some get lucky and make a living out of doing it. I myself have around 7 different voices, all just from screwing around when I was younger. Granted one is just flipping on my hillbilly switch that is inbred in all Ohio born people.

I'm there like a fly on poo!

YETI!!! Where have you been man?!

Glad to hear this! At least the game will be more interesting.