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Industry Veterans Share How to Break Into Voice Acting at SDCC 2026

By Voice Over News Staff. Published on: July 19, 2026.

One of San Diego Comic-Con’s most valuable sessions isn’t centered on a blockbuster movie or a highly anticipated television series. […]

Filed Under: Career, Event

The Cartoon Voices Panel Returns to SDCC 2026

By Voice Over News Staff. Published on: July 18, 2026.

Every year, San Diego Comic-Con celebrates blockbuster movies, major television premieres, and highly anticipated video games. Hidden among those headline […]

Filed Under: Cartoons, Event

AI Ad Voices Fooled 37% of Listeners in New Azerion Study

By Voice Over News Staff. Published on: July 14, 2026.

Artificial intelligence continues to reshape the commercial voiceover industry, and a new study released by digital advertising company Azerion suggests […]

Filed Under: AI, Business

Futurama Returns to Comic-Con Ahead of Season 14

By Voice Over News Staff. Published on: July 14, 2026.

More than 25 years after its television debut, Futurama continues to prove why it remains one of animation’s most enduring […]

Filed Under: Cartoons, Event, Television

Multiplayer Shooters Are Becoming Long-Form Storytelling Platforms

By Virginia Welch. Published on: May 26, 2026

For years, multiplayer shooters were designed around repetition. Players returned for rankings, mechanical mastery, seasonal rewards, and competitive progression while narrative existed mostly in the background. Story campaigns and multiplayer modes often felt completely separate from one another, with voice acting used primarily for mission briefings, combat callouts, or occasional cinematic scenes between matches. That […]

Neverness to Everness Faced Immediate AI Backlash as Voice Actors and Streamers Pulled Away

By Austen Moret. Published on: May 25, 2026

Neverness to Everness entered 2026 as one of the most visually ambitious upcoming gacha games in development. The urban fantasy RPG attracted major attention because of its high-end anime presentation, open-world city design, supernatural themes, driving mechanics, and unusually stylish modern aesthetic that separated it from many other fantasy-focused gacha projects. Throughout early 2026, the […]

Why Some Fast Food Commercials Intentionally Sound Strange

By Tom Aglio. Published on: May 24, 2026

Fast-food commercials once followed a very rigid advertising formula. Restaurant campaigns throughout the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s relied heavily on polished announcer narration, upbeat pacing, oversized enthusiasm, and aggressively promotional language designed to dominate television commercial breaks. Every product sounded exciting, every limited-time offer felt urgent, and every voice actor was expected to project […]

The Powerpuff Girls Cast Helped Create One of Animation’s Most Lasting Legacies

By Virginia Welch. Published on: May 22, 2026

Few animated series from the late 1990s remain as instantly recognizable as The Powerpuff Girls. Decades after its original debut on Cartoon Network, the series continues attracting new audiences through streaming platforms while longtime fans still revisit it with deep nostalgia. The show’s visual identity, explosive humor, and superhero chaos helped define an era of […]

Apple’s Accessibility Push Shows Where Human Voice Performance Still Matters

By Austen Moret. Published on: May 20, 2026

Apple’s Accessibility Push Shows Where Human Voice Performance Still Matters Apple’s newest accessibility announcements arrived with the usual headlines about artificial intelligence, smarter assistants, and more natural interactions. Hidden beneath the broader Apple Intelligence rollout, however, was something especially relevant to the voiceover industry: a renewed focus on spoken accessibility tools, AI-assisted communication, and voice-driven […]

How Nostalgia and Family Storytelling Shaped Restaurant Commercial Voiceover

By Ashley Bryant. Published on: May 17, 2026

Restaurant commercials are often remembered for limited-time offers, catchy slogans, or dramatic food photography. Many campaigns rely on humor, celebrity appearances, or fast-paced editing designed to capture attention quickly. Yet some of the most successful restaurant advertising takes a different approach. Instead of focusing on urgency or spectacle, it focuses on memory. For decades, Pizza […]

How Voice Actors Help Bring Museum Exhibits to Life

By Virginia Welch. Published on: May 14, 2026

When people visit a museum, their attention is naturally drawn to the objects on display. Ancient sculptures, historical artifacts, paintings, manuscripts, and archaeological discoveries often take center stage. Behind the scenes, however, another element plays a significant role in shaping the visitor experience. It is an element many guests notice without fully thinking about it: […]

The Hidden Voiceover Jobs Most People Never Think About

By Tom Aglio. Published on: May 13, 2026

Ask someone to name a voice acting job and the answers are usually predictable. Most people think of animated characters, video game heroes, movie trailers, commercials, or perhaps audiobooks. These are the areas of the industry that receive the most attention from audiences and aspiring performers alike. What many newcomers discover after entering the profession […]

How Heinz Turned a Fictional Commercial Into a Real Advertising Campaign

By Leah Arscottt. Published on: May 11, 2026

Few fictional advertising pitches have had a second life quite like Mad Men’s “Pass the Heinz.” In Season 6 of the series, Don Draper presents a deceptively simple idea to Heinz: show foods that clearly need ketchup, but never show the ketchup bottle itself. The pitch is elegant, confident, and risky. Instead of placing the […]

Marathon Became Bungie’s Most Uncertain Big-Budget Gamble

By Ashley Bryant. Published on: May 10, 2026

By the middle of 2026, Marathon had become one of the most complicated projects in modern gaming. What began as Bungie’s ambitious revival of a classic science-fiction property gradually turned into a lightning rod for wider industry conversations surrounding live-service fatigue, Sony’s expectations, multiplayer storytelling, extraction shooters, and the financial pressure attached to AAA game […]

The Rise of Comedy-Driven Fast Food Commercial Voiceover

By Austen Moret. Published on: May 8, 2026

Fast-food advertising once depended almost entirely on energy. Restaurant commercials throughout the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s relied heavily on booming announcer narration, oversized enthusiasm, rapid pacing, and relentless promotional urgency designed to dominate television commercial breaks. Every menu item sounded monumental, every limited-time offer felt urgent, and every voice actor was expected to maintain […]

Whatever Happened to the Voices Behind Your Favorite Cartoons?

By Austen Moret. Published on: May 4, 2026

Most people can instantly recognize cartoon characters they grew up with. A single catchphrase, laugh, or line of dialogue can bring back memories from decades ago. Characters such as Charlie Brown, Bugs Bunny, Dexter, Minnie Mouse, and countless others remain part of popular culture long after their original shows first aired. What many viewers cannot […]