The Best Video Game Voice Performance of 2016

Second Runner Up: Doug Cockle (Blood and Wine – Geralt of Rivia)

Doug Cockle is back as Geralt of Rivia in this year’s Witcher 3 expansion, Blood and Wine. He’s been great in all the Witcher games, but playing Witcher 3, it’s easy to see why he won an award for the base game.

Players following CD Projekt’s series have spent nearly a decade with the character and Cockle’s voice, and here we see him at peak form for the finale. Geralt’s suave and gruff demeanor shines through the dozens of hours and quests scattered around Touissant, never cracking from the hardened persona of a lifelong hunter. In the most amusing of situations, Cockle’s near-levity is a joy, but soon, we’re back to a believable man of a million scars.