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War For Cybertron - McGinley as Thundercracker, Freeman as Skywarp, and Willingham as Ratchet

Transformers News: War For Cybertron - McGinley as Thundercracker, Freeman as Skywarp, and Willingham as Ratchet

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010 3:54AM CDT

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Posted by: Blurrz   Views: 57,598

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We've got three new War For Cybertron voice actor confirmations straight from IMDB. Supposedly the blue seeker Thundercracker will be voiced by John McGinley, most famous as Dr. Cox from ongoing TV series Scrubs. Skywarp will be voiced by Crispin Freeman, who has voiced numerous video games and anime roles over the years. Lastly Ratchet will be voiced by Travis Willingham, also a mainstay anime voice actor, most notable for voicing Roy Mustang in both Full Metal Alchemist series.

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There's no official conformation on these voice actors from Activision, however we'll let everyone know if any of these are false.

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Re: War For Cybertron - McGinley as Thundercracker, Freeman as Skywarp, and Willingham as Ratchet (1064130)
Posted by New Omen on April 13th, 2010 @ 4:12am CDT
TINY MINISKIRTS! What great voice actors, the game just keeps getting better and better.
Re: War For Cybertron - McGinley as Thundercracker, Freeman as Skywarp, and Willingham as Ratchet (1064135)
Posted by Lord T on April 13th, 2010 @ 4:50am CDT
John McGinley should totally have been Ratchet!
Re: War For Cybertron - McGinley as Thundercracker, Freeman as Skywarp, and Willingham as Ratchet (1064136)
Posted by partholon on April 13th, 2010 @ 4:51am CDT
anyone else think they missed a trick not making mcginley ratchet :) :) :)

still , good voice choices. be interesting to see how it pans out in the final product (which lets be honest we'll all be buying ANYWAY )
Re: War For Cybertron - McGinley as Thundercracker, Freeman as Skywarp, and Willingham as Ratchet (1064143)
Posted by GEEWUN on April 13th, 2010 @ 5:45am CDT
I am so glad they are getting some good voice actors for this game :grin:
Re: War For Cybertron - McGinley as Thundercracker, Freeman as Skywarp, and Willingham as Ratchet (1064151)
Posted by Dragonslayer on April 13th, 2010 @ 6:17am CDT
Lord T wrote:John McGinley should totally have been Ratchet!

I agree, that would've been cool! Still, it's nice to see that ol' Thundercracker is getting some love.
Re: War For Cybertron - McGinley as Thundercracker, Freeman as Skywarp, and Willingham as Ratchet (1064162)
Posted by SJ21 on April 13th, 2010 @ 7:55am CDT
I can just imagine Dr. Cox making sarcastic remarks as Thundercracker- calling the other decepticons by girls names, etc.
Re: War For Cybertron - McGinley as Thundercracker, Freeman as Skywarp, and Willingham as Ratchet (1064168)
Posted by Hip-Hoptimus Rime on April 13th, 2010 @ 8:19am CDT
Yay John C. McGinley! He's great! Loved him in Office Space as one of the Bobs, can't remember which. He also voices The Whammer in the Wordgirl cartoon. I've got a 5-year-old daughter, I have no choice but to know these things.
Re: War For Cybertron - McGinley as Thundercracker, Freeman as Skywarp, and Willingham as Ratchet (1064182)
Posted by bluecatcinema on April 13th, 2010 @ 8:56am CDT
Crispin Freeman as Skywarp? Sounds pretty good. I liked Freeman's work in Digimon and Spectacular Spider-Man, so he should make a decent Decepticon.
Re: War For Cybertron - McGinley as Thundercracker, Freeman as Skywarp, and Willingham as Ratchet (1064192)
Posted by Solrac333 on April 13th, 2010 @ 9:57am CDT
He better say, "Listen, newbie!"
Re: War For Cybertron - McGinley as Thundercracker, Freeman as Skywarp, and Willingham as Ratchet (1064193)
Posted by Blurrz on April 13th, 2010 @ 9:58am CDT
When I become Prime, all female officers will be required to wear tiny miniskirts!
Re: War For Cybertron - McGinley as Thundercracker, Freeman as Skywarp, and Willingham as Ratchet (1064200)
Posted by Oilspill on April 13th, 2010 @ 10:16am CDT
Really? John McGinley hasn't done much video game work as far as I can see. Is this reliable?
Way cool if it is!
Re: War For Cybertron - McGinley as Thundercracker, Freeman as Skywarp, and Willingham as Ratchet (1064205)
Posted by Bouncy X on April 13th, 2010 @ 10:36am CDT
i noticed it lists McGinley without the "C" in his name which he's always used in his acting credits. is that just some sorta error or is it possible its just another actor with the same name?
Re: War For Cybertron - McGinley as Thundercracker, Freeman as Skywarp, and Willingham as Ratchet (1064231)
Posted by Jeysie on April 13th, 2010 @ 12:38pm CDT
Oilspill wrote:Really? John McGinley hasn't done much video game work as far as I can see. Is this reliable?
Way cool if it is!

Considering that IMDB information is just contributed by normal Net users and isn't necessarily rigorously researched... no, it's not necessarily reliable.

I'd call it a rumor until someone at Activision or Hasbro gives a yay or nay.
Re: War For Cybertron - McGinley as Thundercracker, Freeman as Skywarp, and Willingham as Ratchet (1064299)
Posted by vegetacron on April 13th, 2010 @ 3:22pm CDT
WOOOOW! One of my favorite actors now voicing a character in, what will be become (if it hasn't already), my favorite game ever. Ya know, i never new what a "rabid fanboy" was until i just looked in the mirror. But HOLY CRAP thats awesome. Now if he just portrays the character as a psychotic smartass, then yeah...i think my divorce me after i get this game....

EDIT: Now if we can just get a decent Soundwave and Shockwave. I'm hopin for the dude who plays Prof Snape in the Harry Potter movies for Shockwave. His voice is perfect, but since SHockwave is a pre-order gift character, he prolly won't have a voice. >_<
Re: War For Cybertron - McGinley as Thundercracker, Freeman as Skywarp, and Willingham as Ratchet (1064758)
Posted by SEXFIGHTER on April 15th, 2010 @ 1:25am CDT
Loved him in Platoon, suckin up to Berenger. Guys class.

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