Aaron Paul and Laura Bailey star in a new game together

Veteran video game voice actress Laura Bailey and Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul joins Dispatchan upcoming title about a superhero response center. Bailey and Paul were among the many special guests at The Game Awards 2024, a blockbuster event that honored the biggest and best titles of the current year while looking ahead to the future. Other big names include the legendary Hideo Kojima, Remedy Entertainment's creative director Sam Lake, Snoop Dogg, and even original Indiana Jones actor Harrison Ford, who took the stage next door Indiana Jones and the Great Circle star Troy Baker.

Aaron Paul was also confirmed for The Game Awards 2024 shortly before the show aired on December 12. Paul is best known for his breakout role as troubled meth dealer Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Badwith his only video game-related appearances before it now being 2014's live-action Need for Speed film and the 2016 animated tie-in film Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy 15. In contrast, Laura Bailey has had a long and storied career as an actress in video games, with some of her more recent roles being the vengeful Abby in The last of us part 2 and Mary Jane Watson in Insomniac developed Marvel's Spider-Man series.

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Aaron Paul and Laura Bailey took to the Game Awards 2024 stage together to exchange some playful banter before revealing their new collaboration: Dispatchan interactive adventure developed by AdHoc Studio (formed by several Telltale Games alumni). Paul voices Robert Robertson, a former superhero forced into early retirement when his armored mech suit is destroyed in battle. He is soon recruited to run the phones on a superhero dispatch where ex-supervillains seek redemption. However, this is easier said than done, as Robert must navigate the pitfalls of interacting with this band of misfits while saving the day.

Dispatch is an interactive superhero workplace comedy starring Aaron Paul and Laura Bailey

game wise, Dispatch is a narrative-based adventure title where the player shapes Robert's story and relationships through dialogue options. He must also guide the SDN heroes to where they are needed by clicking on a given character's profile and dragging them to a designated prompt box. However, if there is an overlap between two heroes' patrols, it can lead to them interfering with each other's missions and potentially increasing tensions among the already dysfunctional team.

Aaron Paul and Laura Bailey aren't the only big names linked Dispatchas the game features a star-studded cast of notable video game voice actors and Hollywood artists. This includes Bailey's Critical role co-stars Travis Willingham and Matthew Mercer, Hades 2 actress Erin Yvette, and Cyberpunk 2077is Alanah Pearce. Internet personalities Jacksepticeye, Charles “MoistCr1TiKaL” White and the musical group THOT SQUAD, as well as actors Lance Cantstopolis, Joel Haver and Batman and Marvel's What If star Jeffrey Wright will also appear. So far no official release date has been confirmed for Dispatchbut it is scheduled to launch sometime in 2025.