Faces of gaming: Real vs Virtual

Above: Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone in both The Godfathers

Marlon Brando, God rest his soul, was a superbly talented actor who didn't so much take over every scene he featured in as wrestled control of your eyes from beyond the cinematic divide until you simply couldn't look away from his movements. Therefore, anything but a brilliant likeness would be almost an insult.

So it's a good job that EA's art bods have crafted a truly convincing digital portrait of Brando as Don Vito Corleone, with just the right amount of jowl, and have even captured his world-weary Godfather's gaze. There'll be no horses heads in EA's beds...

Ben Richardson is a former Staff Writer for Official PlayStation 2 magazine and a former Content Editor of GamesRadar+. In the years since Ben left GR, he has worked as a columnist, communications officer, charity coach, and podcast host – but we still look back to his news stories from time to time, they are a window into a different era of video games.