Arnett & Harris Team Up for “Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard”

I get a lot of press releases throughout the day. Most get sent directly to the trash file, others I take note of for future posts, but today I got a press release that had me stand up and shout “Hell Yeah!”. Of course I then preceded to read the entire release and was brought down to Earth, but still….

Will Arnett and Neil Patrick Harris are teaming up together on a new project! Awesome right? Yup! Are you excited? Of course you are!

But here’s the part where I tell you that the twosome will be voice the main characters for a new video game. Wah, wah.

Hey I’ll take what I can get.

If you are interested in learning more about “Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard” continue reading after the jump.

CAMBRIDGE– October 27, 2008 – D3Publisher (D3P) today announced that award-winning Hollywood actors Will Arnett, best known to audiences for his roles on television’s “30 Rock” and “Arrested Development,” and Neil Patrick Harris, currently appearing on television’s “How I Met Your Mother,” will voice the main characters in Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard™. This original third-person shooter with a sense of humour is anticipated for release in Q1 2009 for PLAYSTATION®3 and Xbox 360®video game and entertainment system from Microsoft®.

In Eat Lead, Will Arnett will bring to life classic 80’s videogame action hero Matt Hazard. Matt gets his chance to prove once and for all that he is the king of shooters when Wallace “Wally” Wellesley, new owner of mega game publisher Marathon Megasoft, voiced by Neil Patrick Harris, gives Matt his comeback role starring in a new next-gen title that pits him against all of his memorable foes from videogames past. In the world of Eat Lead, however, everything stops being a game and becomes reality when players discover through the original storyline brought to life by Arnett’s and Harris’ voiceover that someone is using the new game to bring about Matt’s death once and for all.

“Eat Lead parodies some of the most beloved genres of games and pop culture, so it was important that we find the perfect voice talent to bring both Matt Hazard and Wallace Wellesley to life,” said Pete Andrew, vice president of product development, North America, D3P. “Both Will and Neil are life long videogamers and their experiences playing games combined with their comedic genius and superb voice talent will make Eat Lead a must-have title for Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION®3 system.”