EA Senior Localization Director Michaela Bartelt-Krantz discussed the game giant’s supply chain, partnership strategies, and her vision of the future of game localization at the recent SlatorCon London 2018. Continue reading
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Prague-based indie video game developer Keen Software House has found an innovative approach to localization initiated by a highly engaged community of gamers who volunteered to translate its flagship game into their native language. Continue reading
Slator readers tell us what they think about buyers prohibiting subcontracting to other providers, the media and game localization boom, Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation rollout, and a resurgence in neural machine translation research and its ongoing implications. Continue reading
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China’s game market is huge already, even while its regulations are prohibiting free flow of games into the Chinese market. Continue reading
Keywords Studios chalks up a record 2017, ballooning in revenue, profit and size. The company expects more of the same in 2018, with more acquisitions, increased capacities in six locations, and two new studios already in the pipeline. Continue reading
Serbian mobile game developer Nordeus sees demand for game localization rising as the global games market continues to grow. The volume will be there as well as the fun, says Localization Lead Jasmin Jelača. Continue reading
British game developer Frontier Developments has always relied on language service providers (LSPs) to localize its games. Localization Manager Tamara Tirjak says the company is looking to expand the number of languages it supports. Continue reading
Localization Director Estelle Bailly says good localization can encourage players to spend more time in free-to-play games and to monetize. The US game developer regularly outsources work to LSPs but says no to machine translation. Continue reading
Keywords issues strong trading statement for 2017 and reports smooth integration of the 11 acquisitions made. The company continued its focus of diversifying and deepening its penetration across technical services in gaming, with clear intention of keeping up the acquisitions pace in 2018. Continue reading
Keywords continues to bolster growth rapidly through acquisitions announced just one day apart, adding one US company to engineering services and another Mexican one to media localization. Both comes with a client base of the who’s who in gaming. Continue reading
Looking to strengthen its software engineering services, Keywords Studios acquires UK-based software development company d3t for GBP 3m (USD 3.9m). Continue reading
Co-author of funny video game translations book Clyde Mandelin shares professional insight on the localization of Japanese media for Western audiences, why he mostly gets paid by project, and the future of game and anime localization. Continue reading
Revenues at game localizer Keywords up 50% in first half of 2017. CEO Andrew Day tells analysts deal making will continue with up to ten acquisitions per year and not worried about potential competition from Lionbridge and SDL. Continue reading
Xiamen-based Veewo Games complements its in-house localization approach by enlisting their in-country players to help localize games into seven languages. So far, its retro platform game has been downloaded 10 million times from Google Play and the App Store. Continue reading
Shares in game localizer Keywords Studios surge following a trading update and broker buy reports in July. With a market capitalization of nearly one billion USD, Keywords’ valuation is now double that of much larger SDL. Continue reading
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