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Bungie has confirmed it is “actively re-recording” some of the dialogue in Destiny 2 to restore the voices of characters like Vanguard Ikora Rey.
With the launch of The Edge of Fate, the first expansion in the Year of Prophecy content lineup, fans noticed Ikora Rey, originally voiced by Gina Torres, sounded a lot like Savathun from The Witch Queen. That’s because Ikora Rey’s most recent voice actor was replaced by Debra Wilson, who plays Savathun.
In its defense, Bungie did notify players that changes would be coming for the English casting of Orin, Chioma, and Ikora back in May, but yesterday (July 15) confirmed that while the voice cast had initially been “unavailable to record lines for The Edge of Fate,” it was now “actively re-recording lines for affected characters.” There’s no firm date for when this will happen, but Bungie said it was “aiming for a future update.”
Until then, players will continue to bump into unfamiliar “temporary” voices, or even encounter silent characters. In those instances, much like Destiny 2: Heresy, subtitles for story content will be enabled.
Though Bungie didn’t explicitly reference the SAG-AFTRA game performers’ strike, it did acknowledge there had been “conflicts” and
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