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HISTORICAL FACTS: 3 - The Untold Story

Man jailed for killing brother with single punch in drunken fight at motocross

Ben Starr, 35, inflicted a single fatal blow to his brother Lee at a motocross event in Swindon in August last year.

Evening Standard

Frenched-out Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 cast takes psychic damage watching speedrunner skip the cutscenes they worked so hard on: "Thank you so much"

Ben Starr had some choice words during a live Clair Obscur speedrun

GamesRadar

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs held blind auditions, so they didn't know they landed talent from Final Fantasy and Baldur's Gate 3 until after they picked them

Because developer Sandfall had blind auditions, the devs didn't even know it was Ben Starr and Jennifer English, but it "turned out they were quite big in the voice acting world"

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Drunken fight between brothers ended in tragedy after ‘one punch’, court hears

Ben Starr, 34, inflicted a single fatal blow to his brother Lee at a motocross event

The Independent UK

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's story mode is down to Maelle actor and Baldur's Gate 3 favorite Jennifer English: "I really want to play this game and I don't think I can without it being on easy mode"

Shadowheart to the rescue

GamesRadar

"I understand why players feel that strong French identity in the soundtrack," says Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's composer, especially in that one Mime song: "It felt like both a duty and a guilty pleasure to include the accordion"

Interview | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's composer Lorien Testard on RPG soundtracks, the mime battle music, and working on that one track with Ben Starr

GamesRadar

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 actors tripped up over French words a lot, but "if you don't like the way we say it, you can just go and play it with the amazing French cast"

"I think their French is a little bit better. I can't prove it but I think it might be."

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‘Expedition 33’ Actor Ben Starr Explains The Game’s Secret Weapon

In an exclusive interview, 'Expedition 33's composer Lorien Testard and Verso actor Ben Starr explain the process of creating the game's stunning soundtrack.

Inverse

Baldur's Gate 3 mocap director says Shadowheart actor's role in new JRPG Expedition 33 is even "better than her performance" in Larian's RPG

"I'm immensely proud"

GamesRadar

Final Fantasy 16 actor Ben Starr doesn't just voice a character in new RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, he sings in it, "because there is nothing this man can't do apparently"

He's "so proud" of the result, too

GamesRadar

"These kind of games don't come around very often": Being "careful" about their next roles, Final Fantasy 16 and Baldur's Gate 3 stars say 2025's most unique JRPG was perfect

Ben Starr and Jennifer English have been given "a dream for any actor" in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

GamesRadar

"Catch my goofy a** card game in the new season": LocalThunk celebrates as Balatro appears in Black Mirror season 7, months after its creator proclaimed his love for the roguelike

Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker is a huge Balatro fan

Total Film

Multibillion-dollar MMO Dungeon Fighter Online is huge in Asia but 'not as well known in the West,' and The First Berserker: Khazan was meant to change that

At GDC 2025, lead actor Ben Starr and the CEO of Neople talk about elevating the "niche" online RPG franchise with a new origin story.

PC Gamer

Balatro scoops a BAFTA and Jimbo weirds it up on-stage: 'LocalThunk is really rich now… he has shoes made of gold and he thanks you for making him that way'

Also: play Animal Well.

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Balatro solo dev Localthunk "is really rich now," says Final Fantasy 16 star while dressed as a clown: "He has shoes made of gold and he thanks you for making him that way"

What a strange BAFTA award acceptance speech

GamesRadar

"LocalThunk is really rich now": 2 weeks after winning yet another GOTY award, Balatro sends Final Fantasy 16 star to accept award in "suspiciously arousing" Jimbo attire

"This is weird isn't it?"

Windows Central

"The numbers on that page made no sense." Balatro developer recalls his amazement at selling 50,000 copies of his game—which went on to sell 5 million

Balatro developer LocalThunk has documented his timeline of creating the indie hit that went on to sell 5 million. Not bad for a game he didn't think anyone would play.

GamesRadar

Turn-based RPG Clair Obscur dev says all-star voice actor lineup includes people like Andy Serkis and Baldur’s Gate 3 alumni by accident: "He was like, 'Isn't that Clive from Final Fantasy?'"

Just accidentally casting some of the biggest names in games, no big deal

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Unhinged outtakes from live-action Balatro trailer reveal we could have seen Final Fantasy 16's Ben Starr gobble down a banana too many ways

Look, if you dare

PC Gamer

The outtakes from that live-action Balatro trailer are unhinged

Put a man in clown makeup and everything gets weird real fast.

PC Gamer

'Fight me': Ben Starr humorously responds to disappointment about Clive Rosfield in Tekken 8 by showing off his cosplay of the Final Fantasy character everyone thought it would be

A dose of copium.

TechRadar

How to watch the 42nd annual Golden Joystick Awards 2024

Here's how to watch the Golden Joystick Awards 2024.

GamesRadar

Here's how to watch the Golden Joystick Awards 2024, hosted by Final Fantasy 16 favorite Ben Starr

This year's Golden Joystick Awards 2024 stream isn't far away now

PC Gamer

The 42nd annual Golden Joystick Awards are live now—watch the whole show here

The most wonderful time of the year.

GamesRadar

Final Fantasy 16 star laments "brain drain" as industry woes sink team behind his GOTY Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown and many more: "I just hope people stay in the industry"

Ben Starr spoke out against widespread layoffs last year, and not much has changed since

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