localization

Back in March, Chris covered a Mad World patch that had the both of us scratching our heads: The English translation of the game's party system UI was using the term "mob" for "party" or "group." While you can kind of see the logic, it's not something an actual professional localization team would ever do, as the word mob means something entirely different in English-language games.

Over the holiday and new year’s break, I spent the vast majority of my free time in mobile MMO Harry Potter: Magic Awakened. Because...

A reader once asked me what motivated me to learn Japanese because she figured that since I cover so many Japanese MMORPGs and follow...

After an exceedingly long wait for any information about the game, Blue Protocol fans are finally getting some solid information about the game in...

It can be easy at times to forget that Final Fantasy XIV is a multilingual title with day-and-date releases for every major patch -...

Good news, global MMORPG players: Lost Ark is expanding its global reach beyond North America and Europe. "To ensure that this beloved game can be...

My first experience with MMOs was Final Fantasy XI, and so it was weird to me when I started getting some experience in the wider...

Fans with an Xbox One are going to be playtesting the localized version of Phantasy Star Online 2 on February 7th. Players on the PC...

When I first heard about Kingdom Under Fire II by publisher Gameforge, I wasn't sure what to expect. I'd heard that it combined elements...

Ah, the noble temport! The MMO equivalent of a mayfly, released in a rush, with the hope that the cost of marketing plus localization...

All right, so it has already been seven years and basically everyone who was excited about this game has probably long since given up...

Tencent has been waiting a long time to release PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds in China. For more than a year, the game has been in "testing" whilst waiting...

Opening service in a new region is always an exciting sign of success for a game, so it's good news to hear that Path of...

Sad news for Kritika Online fans today, as En Masse Entertainment has officially announced the shuttering of the game on April 30th of this...

Last night's bombshell that Bless Online is closing down its final Korean servers, leaving the game's Steam version in the west as the only...

It's been a bit of a rough go for games in China recently; Monster Hunter World was the first massively popular game we watched...

Korea and Japan are places you can game, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand and Taiwan; Ignoring them is lame. As Conan Exiles moves closer to release, Funcom has revealed...

There's a new sheriff, er, producer in Revelation Online's territory, and he's making his mark by outlining his priorities during 2018. Producer Ty Parr gave...

It is entirely possible that you speak English but don't really have that as your primary language. Yes, you can read English texts, but...

Let's take a moment to take stock of Bless Online, shall we? In South Korea, the game is testing its complete rebuild. In North...