LocalizeDirect --all about game localization and LQA: Recent Episodes
LocalizeDirect
LocalizeDirect is a game localization company providing translation, localization QA and CMS services for the game development industry. LocalizeDirect's offices are based in Sweden, the UK, and Vietnam with a number of sales, localization & QA managers working across the globe. In the past 10 years, LocalizeDirect has translated around 1000 games for more than 500 international game companies.
As a rule it’s usually a good idea to translate as much as possible!
The usual suspects NOT translated (argh):
•Location names
•Character names
•Weapon names
•Measurements
Why you should localize your game
•The importance of localized text. How it can generate huge potential growth, which markets to target depending on platform and how to do it on a tight budget.
Preparing your game assets for loc
Targeting the common errors made when preparing text assets for localization. Identifying and explaining how these issues can be avoided
10 countries generate 80% of global game revenue
According to Newzoo, 80% (almost $110 billion) is generated by just 10 countries. These "whales" included China, USA, Japan, South Korea, Germany, UK, France, Canada, Spain, and Italy.
The next 10 countries altogether added another 8% ($11,5 billion).