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Robin Hood stealth game Volume stars actor Andy Serkis

Volume, the stealthy follow-up to Mike Bithell's Thomas Was Alone, stars famed character actor Andy Serkis as the main antagonist – the powerful and dastardly CEO, Guy Gisborne. Serkis is best known for portraying Gollum in the Lord of the Rings films, though he also starred in The Prestige and Rise of the Planet of the Apes, among many other films.

Bithell announced Serkis' involvement on Twitter and he released a short audio clip of Serkis on the job. Hear the audio sample after the break.


Bithell followed that tweet with, "A fantastic chap, a privilege to have worked with him on this game. He is brilliant."

Volume, it should be noted, is an independent game. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, on the other hand, was published by Warner Bros, a studio with direct ties to the actual Lord of the Rings films – and Shadow of Mordor's Gollum was played by an actor that simply sounded like Serkis. If anyone was looking for a sign that independent developers have "made it," this might be it.

Volume is a futuristic, techno re-imagining of Robin Hood's story, starring a skinny, nerdy hero a la BBC's Sherlock or Doctor Who. "Weirdly, the more it comes along, it's almost becoming a non-violent Hotline Miami, which is really weird because Hotline Miami is all about violence," Bithell told Joystiq in January. We chatted with Bithell and played Volume on-camera at Gamescom 2014; watch that here.


[Image: Mike Bithell]