Almost every game fan knows his voice from thousands of trailers, and he himself received 200 dollars for it

No, Geralt’s voice is not meant here – but the voice of the person who can often be heard in trailers for games over 18.

Even if neither his name nor his face means anything to you: You know Richard Wells! At least the probability is quite high, considering that the majority of you probably play games or watch trailers on a regular basis.

Richard Wells is getting a lot of attention these days because on Tiktok The voice actor uploaded a video in which he talks about the two most famous words he’s ever said: Go 18.

If just reading these two words makes you think of a full, deep, characteristic voice, then you’re probably thinking right now to the voice of Richard Wells. It was he who spoke those two words 14 years ago and ever since was heard in probably thousands of video game trailers. For example, in this trailer for Assassin’s Creed Unity:

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200 dollars for a handful of words

Richard Wells is currently in conversation, the voice actor has uploaded a video on Tiktok in which he gives the Pegi voice a face and asks if people who know his voice can like the video. The video has been viewed millions of times and currently stands at 2.4 million likes.

A few days later, Wells posted another video thanking everyone for all the views and also answering the question of whether he gets paid every time his voice is heard – which he does No answered. He received a total of 200 dollars for addressing the Pegi age levels.

You can watch the whole video here:

What does Pegi actually stand for?

If you are now wondering when and why these Pegi advertisements are shown: These are the age restrictions of the Pan European Game Information. A system that should be used in a standardized manner throughout Europe so that there are no longer so many regional differences. So you see the display in trailers that are intended for Europe.

However, in practice the Pegi system is not used uniformly throughout Europe. Because in Europey, as you all probably know, we have the USK instead. Unlike Pegi, the USK is actually a mandatory seal in this country, so in order for a game to be sold commercially to minors, an appropriate test is required. You can find out more about the USK here:

If you want to find out more about Richard Wells and his work as a voice actor, you can simply follow him on Tiktok. The industry veteran is currently regularly uploading new videos there.

Most recently, he presented the original recordings of the Pegi age limits, which he still has on his PC. In total he has been doing the job for 40 years, but nothing has been heard of more often than Go 18.