{"id":1819876,"date":"2026-03-11T10:49:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T07:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1819876"},"modified":"2026-03-11T10:49:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T07:49:22","slug":"mega-man-voice-actor-announces-he-wont-be-back-for-dual-override-due-to-lack-of-protections-of-a-union-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1819876","title":{"rendered":"Mega Man voice actor announces he won&#8217;t be back for Dual Override due to lack of &#8220;protections of a union contract&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul 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button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"a9595af0-2b6a-400c-9e18-8ef5c6190cc0\" data-name=\"Mega Man: Dual Override\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Mega Man: Dual Override\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Mega Man: Dual Override\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Mega Man: Dual Override\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Mega Man: Dual Override\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Mega Man: Dual Override\" title=\"Follow Mega Man: Dual Override\"><br \/>\n  Follow Mega Man: Dual Override<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Following too many years of silence, Mega Man made a return back in December with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/mega-mans-finally-making-a-comeback-but-his-first-big-game-in-years-is-still-a-while-away\">the first look at Mega Man: Dual Override<\/a>, a new 2.5D adventure that follows in the footsteps of 2018&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/mega-man-11\">Mega Man 11<\/a>. Fans are optimistic following Capcom&#8217;s recent streak of (mostly) wins, but bad news has just hit the project.<\/p>\n<p>Voice actor Ben Diskin, who voiced the blue hero in Mega Man 11, <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/bendiskin.bsky.social\/post\/3mgptqfghgc2y\">has announced via social media<\/a> (hat tip to <a href=\"https:\/\/gameinformer.com\/2026\/03\/10\/mega-man-voice-actor-ben-diskin-wont-return-for-dual-override-claims-capcom-wont-offer\">Game Informer<\/a>) he won&#8217;t be returning to the role after being told he&#8217;d have to do it &#8220;without the protections of a union contract.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With a broken Blue Bomber heart, I am no longer the voice of Mega Man,&#8221; he revealed on 10th March before elaborating on the details he could share. While Capcom promised him his voice would &#8220;never be used for AI development,&#8221; he was told &#8220;with certainty&#8221; the project would not go union. &#8220;Working without a contract I can realistically enforce isn&#8217;t something I can risk,&#8221; he added. In the hypothetical event of Capcom using AI on his voice, he&#8217;d be at an instant disadvantage: &#8220;I don&#8217;t have the mental, emotional, or monetary strength to survive a protracted legal fight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While he&#8217;s willing to believe Capcom&#8217;s current stance, he&#8217;s &#8220;aware that basically every major corporation is looking to incorporate generative AI to save money,&#8221; which is why unions are more important than ever before in the games industry. The actor even offered to work for less in exchange for a SAG-AFTRA contract, but Capcom ultimately declined.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hope Mega Man: Dual Override is even more successful than 11 and that everyone enjoys all the hard work the devs are putting into it,&#8221; Diskin said before wishing he &#8220;could have been there&#8221; with the Blue Bomber.<\/p>\n<p>Mega Man: Dual Override is set to launch at some point in 2027 on PS4\/5, Xbox One &amp; Series X\/S, Switch 1\/2, and PC.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? 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Fans are optimistic following Capcom&#8217;s recent streak of (mostly) wins, but bad news has just hit the project.<\/p>\n<p>Voice actor Ben Diskin, who voiced the blue hero in Mega Man 11, <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/bendiskin.bsky.social\/post\/3mgptqfghgc2y\">has announced via social media<\/a> (hat tip to <a href=\"https:\/\/gameinformer.com\/2026\/03\/10\/mega-man-voice-actor-ben-diskin-wont-return-for-dual-override-claims-capcom-wont-offer\">Game Informer<\/a>) he won&#8217;t be returning to the role after being told he&#8217;d have to do it &#8220;without the protections of a union contract.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With a broken Blue Bomber heart, I am no longer the voice of Mega Man,&#8221; he revealed on 10th March before elaborating on the details he could share. While Capcom promised him his voice would &#8220;never be used for AI development,&#8221; he was told &#8220;with certainty&#8221; the project would not go union. &#8220;Working without a contract I can realistically enforce isn&#8217;t something I can risk,&#8221; he added. In the hypothetical event of Capcom using AI on his voice, he&#8217;d be at an instant disadvantage: &#8220;I don&#8217;t have the mental, emotional, or monetary strength to survive a protracted legal fight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While he&#8217;s willing to believe Capcom&#8217;s current stance, he&#8217;s &#8220;aware that basically every major corporation is looking to incorporate generative AI to save money,&#8221; which is why unions are more important than ever before in the games industry. The actor even offered to work for less in exchange for a SAG-AFTRA contract, but Capcom ultimately declined.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hope Mega Man: Dual Override is even more successful than 11 and that everyone enjoys all the hard work the devs are putting into it,&#8221; Diskin said before wishing he &#8220;could have been there&#8221; with the Blue Bomber.<\/p>\n<p>Mega Man: Dual Override is set to launch at some point in 2027 on PS4\/5, Xbox One &amp; Series X\/S, Switch 1\/2, and PC.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Mega Man: Dual Override Mega Man voice actor announces he won&#8217;t be back for Dual Override due to lack of &#8220;protections of a union contract&#8221; &#8220;The project will not go union.&#8221; Image credit: Capcom News by Fran Ruiz Contributor Published on March 11, 2026 3 comments Follow Mega Man: Dual Override Following too [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,253],"class_list":["post-1819876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-eurogamer-net"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1819876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1819876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1819876\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1819876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1819876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1819876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}