As some avid readers may remember, we reported a few weeks ago about the lack of Australian accents in Avalanche Studios Mad Max game. It seems the petition and fan reaction was a success, a rarity in this industry of angry knee-jerk reactions.
Christofer Sundberg, Founder and Chief Creative Officer at Avalanche tweeted this:
Attn. fans who want Max to have an Aussie accent in #MadMaxGame : It shall be so. We admire your loyalty. You have been heard.
— Christofer Sundberg (@CHSundberg) July 2, 2013
So good news for fans, especially for those Australians afraid of a cultural “white-washing” of one of cinema’s few Aussie heroes. It isn’t often you hear any non-American leads in a game, let alone one from the far of reaches of Australia.
Mad Max will be out on PS3, Xbox 360, PS4, Xbox One and PC at some point next year.
What do you think? Did you support this mini-Aussie revolution? Let us know in the comments.