{"id":2098879,"date":"2026-08-18T10:16:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T07:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2098879"},"modified":"2026-08-18T10:16:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T07:16:27","slug":"resident-evil-requiems-grace-ashcroft-actor-reportedly-replacing-jennifer-english-as-lead-of-lavish-chinese-action-game-tides-of-annihilation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2098879","title":{"rendered":"Resident Evil Requiem&#8217;s Grace Ashcroft actor reportedly replacing Jennifer English as lead of lavish Chinese action game Tides of Annihilation"},"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 class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Resident Evil Requiem&#8217;s Grace Ashcroft actor reportedly replacing Jennifer English as lead of lavish Chinese action game Tides of Annihilation<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Waves hello.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/tides-of-annihilation-grace-ashcroft.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"In the background, a straight-on image of a light skinned woman with brown hair and a glowing blue eye staring at the camera. Off to the left-hand side, an overlaid image of a blonde lady with light skin turning over her shoulder.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"tides-of-annihilation-grace-ashcroft.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer \/ Eclipse Glow Games \/ Capcom<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Robert Purchese avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/user-9946-originalxoriginal-14-03-23.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Robert Purchese avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"user-9946-originalxoriginal-14-03-23.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/robert-purchese\">Robert Purchese<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Associate Editor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\n<p>Published on   <time datetime=\"2026-08-18T10:16:27+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Aug. 18, 2026, 10:16 a.m.<\/time>\n              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/grace-ashcroft-actor-replacing-jennifer-english-tides-of-annihlation?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          2 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"50f32f00-4134-42c6-8d2a-21e4b9383601\" data-name=\"Resident Evil Requiem\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Resident Evil Requiem\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Resident Evil Requiem\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Resident Evil Requiem\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Resident Evil Requiem\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Resident Evil Requiem\" title=\"Follow Resident Evil Requiem\"><br \/>\n  Follow Resident Evil Requiem<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>Lavish Chinese action game Tides of Annihilation seems to have found a replacement for Jennifer English, the award-winning actor who withdrew from voicing the game&#8217;s main character Gwendolyn last month. And the replacement appears to be Angela Sant&#8217;Albano, who performed Grace Ashcroft in Resident Evil Requiem.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t 100 percent confirmed, but a recent gameplay demo shown in China in Shanghai displayed a different look for protagonist Gwendolyn &#8211; and a different voice. Comments underneath the video suspected Sant&#8217;Albano as the voice, and this suspicion was given credulity by Gwendolyn motion-capture performer Jennifer Prime.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cjvLhj2Xi0Y\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PremiumHeart88\/status\/2088920487015624715\">Prime shared the Tides of Annihilation gameplay video on X<\/a>, and in <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PremiumHeart88\/status\/2089106758958830033\">a comment response<\/a> to someone, who claimed the voice was Grace Ashcroft, said, &#8220;Yep!!! But this time, no more screaming &#8216;LEON!!!!'&#8221; Prime has since been mentioned in a number of retweets <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PremiumHeart88\/status\/2089515614767563026\">and stands by their comment<\/a>. I&#8217;m trying to contact the game&#8217;s developer, Eclipse Glow Games, for confirmation.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jennifer English &#8211; famed for her work on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/clair-obscur-expedition-33\">Clair Obscur: Expedition 33<\/a> as Maelle, and for her role in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/baldurs-gate-3-a-critical-success-with-critical-failures\">Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3<\/a> as Shadowheart &#8211; left the Tides of Annihilation cast in June &#8220;due to personal health reasons&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Da6wpOhjenn\/?img_index=1\">the game&#8217;s social media accounts revealed<\/a>. However, she was said to be supporting the game in an advisory role and in helping find &#8220;talented performers who could carry Gwendolyn forward&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A little sneak peak into Tides Of Annihilation gameplay.<\/p>\n<p>Showcasing the stage selections, local environment, Gwendolyn&#8217;s customisation and a boss battle. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ht03gSJA0I\">pic.twitter.com\/Ht03gSJA0I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jennifer Prime (@PremiumHeart88) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PremiumHeart88\/status\/2088920487015624715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>English herself has not &#8211; as far as I can see &#8211; posted about leaving the project, nor posted anything since July alongside her appearance in Critical Role&#8217;s six-part Daggerheart mini-series, <a href=\"https:\/\/critrole.com\/age-of-umbra-sallowlands-is-here\/\">Age of Umbra: Shadowlands<\/a>, which also featured Assassin&#8217;s Creed and House of the Dragon star Abubakar Salim. That mini-series aired 9th July and wrapped last week; presumably it was recorded in one batch earlier on.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s next for English, we don&#8217;t yet know, but we wish her well in the meantime.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/tides-of-annihilation-continues-to-look-awesome-in-new-dimension-shattering-gameplay\">Tides of Annihilation, an action game inspired by Inception and The Matrix<\/a>, retells Arthurian legend in modern day London, with big <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/bayonetta\">Bayonetta<\/a>-like combat. It&#8217;s in development for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series S\/X, but there&#8217;s no release date yet. It will be playable at Gamescom next week.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"poll_wrapper\" data-fixed=\"true\" data-hashid data-init=\"false\" data-poll-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Lavish Chinese action game Tides of Annihilation seems to have found a replacement for Jennifer English, the award-winning actor who withdrew from voicing the game&#8217;s main character Gwendolyn last month. And the replacement appears to be Angela Sant&#8217;Albano, who performed Grace Ashcroft in Resident Evil Requiem.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t 100 percent confirmed, but a recent gameplay demo shown in China in Shanghai displayed a different look for protagonist Gwendolyn &#8211; and a different voice. Comments underneath the video suspected Sant&#8217;Albano as the voice, and this suspicion was given credulity by Gwendolyn motion-capture performer Jennifer Prime.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cjvLhj2Xi0Y\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PremiumHeart88\/status\/2088920487015624715\">Prime shared the Tides of Annihilation gameplay video on X<\/a>, and in <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PremiumHeart88\/status\/2089106758958830033\">a comment response<\/a> to someone, who claimed the voice was Grace Ashcroft, said, &#8220;Yep!!! But this time, no more screaming &#8216;LEON!!!!'&#8221; Prime has since been mentioned in a number of retweets <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PremiumHeart88\/status\/2089515614767563026\">and stands by their comment<\/a>. I&#8217;m trying to contact the game&#8217;s developer, Eclipse Glow Games, for confirmation.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jennifer English &#8211; famed for her work on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/clair-obscur-expedition-33\">Clair Obscur: Expedition 33<\/a> as Maelle, and for her role in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/baldurs-gate-3-a-critical-success-with-critical-failures\">Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3<\/a> as Shadowheart &#8211; left the Tides of Annihilation cast in June &#8220;due to personal health reasons&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Da6wpOhjenn\/?img_index=1\">the game&#8217;s social media accounts revealed<\/a>. However, she was said to be supporting the game in an advisory role and in helping find &#8220;talented performers who could carry Gwendolyn forward&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A little sneak peak into Tides Of Annihilation gameplay.<\/p>\n<p>Showcasing the stage selections, local environment, Gwendolyn&#8217;s customisation and a boss battle. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ht03gSJA0I\">pic.twitter.com\/Ht03gSJA0I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jennifer Prime (@PremiumHeart88) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PremiumHeart88\/status\/2088920487015624715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>English herself has not &#8211; as far as I can see &#8211; posted about leaving the project, nor posted anything since July alongside her appearance in Critical Role&#8217;s six-part Daggerheart mini-series, <a href=\"https:\/\/critrole.com\/age-of-umbra-sallowlands-is-here\/\">Age of Umbra: Shadowlands<\/a>, which also featured Assassin&#8217;s Creed and House of the Dragon star Abubakar Salim. That mini-series aired 9th July and wrapped last week; presumably it was recorded in one batch earlier on.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s next for English, we don&#8217;t yet know, but we wish her well in the meantime.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/tides-of-annihilation-continues-to-look-awesome-in-new-dimension-shattering-gameplay\">Tides of Annihilation, an action game inspired by Inception and The Matrix<\/a>, retells Arthurian legend in modern day London, with big <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/bayonetta\">Bayonetta<\/a>-like combat. It&#8217;s in development for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series S\/X, but there&#8217;s no release date yet. 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