Troy Baker may be one of gaming’s most prolific, widely known, and successful actors, having played major roles throughout his career, including Joel in The Last of Us, Kanji in Persona 4, The Joker in Batman: Arkham Origins, Booker in BioShock: Infinite, and much more. Games bearing his voice and/or resemblance are far from an uncommon sight, then, and another future title has now been confirmed to feature his work as an actor.
In a profile published by GQ, it has been confirmed by Naughty Dog president Neil Druckmann that the studios next project, directed by himself, will once again feature Baker in a role- though details, as you may imagine, are currently scarce. “In a heartbeat I would always work with Troy,” Druckmann said.
Druckmann has, of course, been heavily involved in pretty much every Naughty Dog game released in the last decade, having starred as Joel Miller in The Last of Us and The Last of Us Part 2, and Sam Drake in Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy.
Whether Baker’s return means Naughty Dog’s next project is a new Last of Us entry (what with the studio being done with Uncharted and everything) remains to be seen. That said, Naughty Dog has previously confirmed it is working on multiple flagship single-player narrative-driven games, so there’s certainly a chance that that’s one of several projects currently in the works at the developer.
Currently, Baker has prominent roles in two major upcoming titles, with Indiana Jones and the Great Circle launches in December and Death Stranding 2: On the Beach arriving next year.