I love it when actors get to play parts in cool games like Call for Duty. Somehow it adds something to the game that is sort of hard to describe. I am looking forward to Dennis Haysbert’s narrating and to Brian Johnson’s newfound acting gig with equal anticipation.

Call of Duty: Finest Hour, the console version of the award-winning PC WWII shooter, is getting a little help from some veterans–show business veterans, that is. Activision has signed top Hollywood talent to provide the voice work, script, and score for the upcoming game, which is scheduled for a November 16 release on the Xbox, PlayStation 2, and GameCube.

Michael Schiffer, screenwriter for the films Crimson Tide and Colors, penned the game’s script, which shows the war from three perspectives–an American, a British, and a Russian one. Michael Giacchino brought his composing skills to Finest Hour by incorporating an 80-piece orchestra and a 50-piece choir into its score. Giacchino is no stranger to scoring WWII video games, because he wrote the music for many of the Medal of Honor games.