Game Global

JUNE 28, 2021

We continue our series of articles about the different roles in the video game localization industry. Federica Lusardi , Senior Translator/Editor – Italian at Square Enix in London, walks us through her experience in one of the localization industry’s most critical subjects, translation.

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Game Errors

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Interesting fact Games rich in visuals and mechanics, like Like a Dragon Gaiden , demand substantial computing power. Click on the Local Files tab and select Verify Integrity of Game Files. This can overwhelm systems, especially if they’re not fine-tuned, resulting in low FPS. Why Like a Dragon Gaiden is experiencing Low FPS?

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

There's a specific role the damaged piece plays in the Kristala demo's core storyline, and it coincides with an NPC we've been keeping under wraps up until this point. You'll notice that the amulet in the second concept below includes both an intact and broken version.

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Radiator Blog

MAY 19, 2023

Before The Green Moon (on Itch and Steam ) is a post-apocalyptic indie Harvest Moon / Stardew Valley / Animal Crossing inspired farm life sim about scraping by, in a decaying rural truckstop town with bored depressed locals you gradually befriend (or ignore). But the game doesn't tutorialize this or dispatch an NPC to spell it out.

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Grumpy Gamer

FEBRUARY 14, 2005

Other than the people in my group, everyone else might as well be NPC's. Nobody seems to mind that I go around killing livestock, which I assume the locals use for meat, milk and possibly companionship on a lonely night. I am always annoyed by games that they to make inventory management a game-play mechanism.

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Grumpy Gamer

FEBRUARY 13, 2005

Other than the people in my group, everyone else might as well be NPC’s. Nobody seems to mind that I go around killing livestock, which I assume the locals use for meat, milk and possibly companionship on a lonely night. I am always annoyed by games that they to make inventory management a game-play mechanism.

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

NOT telekinesis, only works on NPCs / PvP) Havoc (temporary shield / damage buff), very useful for people who keep dying (i.e. me) or PvP buff but conceptually rather boring Aether (cloak + invisible to laser sensors, attacks cancel it, can be upgraded to only consume mana while moving).

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