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‘Max Payne’ Voice Actor James McCaffrey Has Passed Away at 65
Veteran film and television star James McCaffrey, who was best known to video game fans as the voice of Max Payne in the Max Payne series, has passed away at the age of 65. Initially announced by friend and The Blob actor Kevin Dillon on Dillon’s Instagram, McCaffrey’s passing was later confirmed by TMZ via a representative for the actor.
“One of Dick Wolf’s proteges (“Swift Justice”), McCaffrey went on to a successful 35 year career in television and film,” according to his rep. “Trained at the Actor’s Studio, he never lost his love for creating characters; however, his good looks often pushed him toward leading man roles.”
McCaffrey, who had a number of main roles and recurring roles in a number of television series as well as appearances in film, was known to video game fans as the iconic voice of NYPD cop turned vigilante Max Payne. McCaffrey voiced Payne in all three games in the series, as well as appeared in a cameo role in the 2008 John Moore film adaptation of the first game.
In addition to Max Payne, James McCaffrey also voiced Alex Casey in Alan Wake and its sequel, as well as Zachariah Trench in Control, and Edward Carnby in the 2008 Alone in the Dark game.
For television fans, McCaffrey is probably best known for his recurring role as Jimmy Keefe in the FX series Rescue Me, which also starred Denis Leary.
Remember back in 2022 when developer Survios had announced that they were teaming up with 20th Century Games to develop a new Alien title? Well seeing as it’s Alien Day, Survios has announced their brand-new VR title, Alien: Rogue Incursion. Coming “Holiday 2024” to the PlayStation VR2, SteamVR, and Quest 3, Rogue Incursion will feature an original story that “fully surrounds players within the terrors of the Alien universe”.
Details on the game are light at the moment, but the official site describes the upcoming title as being “designed by Alien fans for Alien fans”, with Survios aiming to craft a “technically advanced, and frightfully immersive Alien virtual reality game.”
Seeing as Alien: Isolation never got official VR support when it was released, this is obviously a welcome announcement. In the meantime, if you’re keen to experience an Alien game in VR, you can always check out the fan-made mod for Alien: Isolation by Nibre_, which allows both the Steam and Epic Games Store version of Alien: Isolation to be played using the Oculus.
And speaking of Alien: Isolation, as you might expect, it’s got a hefty 80% discount going on at the moment on Steam until May 1. So if you still haven’t grabbed it after all these years, this is as good a time as any.
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