Lego Horizon Adventures Brings Back Sylens With Help Of Star Trek Legend

Following the tragic demise of actor Lance Reddick in 2023, Horizon followers have been interested by what the destiny of his character Sylens could be. With the discharge of Lego Horizon Adventures this week, it has been confirmed–in that spin-off recreation at least–that Sylens does seem and is voiced by Star Trek Voyager actor Tim Russ.

A deuteragonist within the video games, Sylens is just like Horizon’s hero Aloy in a number of methods, as he additionally explores the key historical past of the world following a cataclysmic occasion that noticed machines rise to the highest of the meals chain. Russ isn’t any stranger to the Horizon sequence, as he’d beforehand performed the character Jetakka in Horizon Forbidden West. In Lego Horizon Adventures, he seems as “DJ Sylens” (through IGN).

Earlier this 12 months, Horizon developer Guerrilla stated that Sylens had been recast for Lego Horizon Adventures, however it wasn’t able to share particulars on the time. A number of of the unique Horizon voice actors are additionally within the Lego recreation, together with Ashly Burch as Aloy, JB Blanc as Rost, and John Macmillan as Varl. Along with Sylens, Reddick additionally voiced Zavala in Bungie’s Future video games.

Following his passing, Future 2 gamers held an in-game vigil for the actor, and Bungie later introduced that his position could be inherited by Keith David beginning in The Remaining Form enlargement.

“By way of bricks and minifigs, Horizon is charmingly remade for a youthful viewers, although its formulaic missions might pressure gamers of all ages,” Mark Delaney wrote in GameSpot’s Lego Horizon Adventures evaluate. The sport formally launches for PS5, PC, and Swap on November 14.