To kick off San Diego Comic-Con 2011, Activision has announced the celebrity actors that will voice characters in the upcoming “Spider-Man: Edge of Time” and “X-Men Destiny” video games. Both games will be playable at this year’s Comic-Con and are set to release this fall.

The follow-up to critically-acclaimed “Spider-man: Shattered Dimensions,” “Spider-Man: Edge of Time” game will feature film star Val Kilmer as Walker Sloan, Smallville and V mainstay Laura Vandervoort as Mary Jane, and Katee Sackhoff, who played Lieutenant Starbuck from Battlestar Galactica, makes her debut as the Black Cat.
Additionally, Heroes icon Milo Ventimiglia, Sucker Punch and The Hangover Part II vixen Jamie Chung and Friday Night Lights star Scott Porter will bring three all-new playable mutant characters – Grant Alexander, Aimi Yoshida and Adrian Luca – to life respectively in X-Men Destiny.

“These amazing casts of talented Hollywood actors help bring the rich storylines of Spider-Man: Edge of Time and X-Men Destiny to life,” said Vicharin Vadakan, Director of Marketing, Activision Publishing. “Players this fall will get to control the destiny of their own mutants or save Spider-Man and through this voice talent feel like they are part of the action.”

Comic-Con fans can also catch their favorite stars from Spider-Man: Edge of Time and X-Men Destiny at the Activision Marvel Video Games Panel where they will join legendary comic creator Stan Lee, Marvel writer Peter David and Beenox Studio Head Dee Brown, among others, to discuss the latest Super Hero adventures and their roles in the upcoming video games.

“Spider-Man: Edge of Time” is being developed by Beenox for the Xbox 360 video, PlayStation 3, Wii and Nintendo 3DS. Silicon Knights is developing “X-Men Destiny” for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 system and Wii. Both games are being developed by Other Ocean for Nintendo DS.

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