I used to loooove April 1st in the games industry - companies always came up with cool/creative/silly ideas to drive community interest while having some fun. Now it's all "Teehee look at this AI garbage we spit out for the occasion, aren't we so quirky?"

2026 Localization Discourse

One of the main EN>CZ translators of KCD2 was fired and replaced by AI. old.reddit.com/r/kingdomcom...

The devs have replied to this comment. Feel free to follow or contribute here: steamcommunity.com/id/Bellandy/...

Looking for input from my fellow #gameloc peeps! Cast your vote here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Will it have crossplay?

FTFY.

Gameloc: Giving devs headaches since 1980

I was recently helping @locdandloaded.net who was working on localizing a project originally written in @articydraft.bsky.social We came up with a tool that parses JSON exports, mimicking some of Articy's original features which helps with LQA/Localization. If you'd like a demo, feel free to DM me!

I finally lost my shit about so-called AIs, LLMs, enshittification & everything fucking evil that @officialgrammarly.bsky.social is doing. I'm fucking furious, and not just about what 1 company has done. An open letter to Grammarly & the rest of the LLM hype machine www.moryan.com/an-open-lett...

Every time you think this industry can't get any worse, they still find ways to dig even deeper: Digital Hearts is now offering MCQ-based translations, so you can just take your pick from a selection of AI-generated garbage TLs for each line instead of, you know, properly translating them.

Appel à témoins 📢 Je travaille sur le verrouillage du doublage de JV en France et les éditeurs qui délocalisent cette étape pour ne pas s’embêter avec les questions d’IA dans les contrats. Anonymat garanti, n’hésitez pas si vous pouvez m’aider 👇

When we first got the brief on this project, I was absolutely terrified. The prospect of having to edit a novel's worth of intricate 17th century prose was daunting, but our incredible translators managed to pull it off. Shoutout to Violaine, Marie, Thomas and Félix for their work!

I say this as a professional who came up from fan translation and has friends at Sega who will likely never get to work on this officially: when you fan translate ANYTHING that was previously untranslated, you have a deep, heavy responsibility in setting people's first and typically only impression.

From God of War (2018). Think of how many opportunities they had to fix the credits to include actual people over the last 8 years. And yet, to this day, translators are still not included. #TranslatorsInTheCredits

The Dungeon Experience demo is out— @punnymercenary.bsky.social and I only worked on the French loc but we can vouch for the quality of the scented candles! Why not buy a few 💜 come on do it 🫶 you know you want to 🥰 do it Thanks @michelpimpant.bsky.social for the trust & the delightful crab jokes

Today is the day of days. The Killing Stone has released in Early Access on Steam! The Svangårds await your arrival in Våkenatt where they rot under the weight of a dark inheritance. Are you ready? Do you have what it takes to beat the Devil? store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/...

❌"Hi—" ⭕"Hina—" have to consider the splice point when translating a word/name that's cut short, especially when -the isolated chunk constitutes an ENG word on its own ("Hi!") -the vowel of the chunk could mistakenly be read with ENG pronunciation solution here: add more of the full name (Hinako)

I often work for a translation agency with their own translation tool that sometimes "locks" strings that have already be translated. They are not paid, but you can display them for context. You can also see the full history: when it was translated, who worked on it, etc. It often causes issues ⤵️

Yes, you can rickroll your colleagues through a MemoQ embed

This is why you cannot trust AI disclaimers. And since Localization tends to be a prime target for corner-cutting, those mishaps are always painfully obvious.

Still working on this #FFIV translation thing to stream someday Originally, I wanted to study the old fan translations and get screenshots, but after some tests, it seems like it'd make more sense for me to play & read the original Japanese aloud Not sure anyone would find that entertaining though

OH, Look! Another game translated by magic! This right here is quite dangerous in these times. Why? By erasing us translators from our jobs it makes it easier to replace us with GenAI. We've always been invisible. That gave them a leverage in introducing MTPE and lowering our rates.

Announcing Localization Lore, a new series dedicated to learning more about the history of video game localization! 🎉Featuring new interviews personally conducted by me, this first entry is on Ys 1 and the people behind its first three English translations. lizbushouse.com/localization...

Hope this is what @on-together.bsky.social and @futurefriendsgames.com had in mind when they launched 😅 Here’s a handful of our talented localizers, taking a class picture together 📸 (Very important work) Remote work is far from lonely. And we're happy that we can give our folks a space to hang 🤗

unbelievably grim to see Valve announce a delightful and exciting compact Linux box approximately 15 seconds before RAM became the more expensive material in the known universe.

Hopelessly addicted to fishing in a virtual co-working game @on-together.bsky.social

Cozy Caravan (@cozycaravangame.bsky.social), developed by 5 Lives Studios and localized in 13 languages, does NOT feature any #TranslatorsInTheCredits. Only the localization agency, 2M Language Services, is credited.

We've just shared some major news on our Kickstarter!! @nobogasawara.bsky.social joined Knights of Fiona as the lead translator for the scenario! Find out more here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cha...

Il y a quelques semaines, nous avons ouvert les playtests publics pour notre jeu "L'Agence - The Hearts of Paris". Et aujourd'hui, une mise à jour vient ajouter la possibilité d'observer les indices (comme dans Ace Attorney, 🤗) ! Alors si vous n'avez pas encore testé la démo, c'est le moment !

Credits in Rosewater, by @grundislav.games

Le premier épisode de « Vous écoutez le jeu vidéo » est ici ! 🎊 On parle du succès d’Expedition 33 vu de l'intérieur avec Vincent Constantin, de travailler en free-lance dans l'industrie du jeu vidéo avec @rdemiranda.bsky.social, Donut Dodo, et Animal Crossing. www.blueprint.pm/vous-ecoutez...

After the Game Awards fanfare, it would be easy to assume that gameloc crediting is a solved issue, but it's not. This screenshot perfectly encompasses the issue of why supporting #TranslatorsInTheCredits is important:

Some localization agencies out there try to do everything to hide who they work with, mainly because they fear their "resources" being "poached". Not @locquest.bsky.social The trick? Treat them like human beings, with kindness, as a collaborator, not as a resource. Simple, yet effective.

Trop hâte de découvrir la nouvelle émission de Yann ! Abonnez-vous dès maintenant :)

Watching LSPs desperately trying to cram AI into every single part of their processes, including project/vendor management and QA

now wait just a second

Just saw this, which I thought you'd find interesting. www.ign.com/articles/war...

If you need any more reason to support the project, Yarn Spinner also offers a robust localization framework! Some of my colleagues worked on YS exports and were very happy with the results.

🩷🌟We are 4 days away from the release of Nom Nom: Cozy Forest Café! 🥹The biggest thank you to the 46,735 of you who wishlisted the game. These are some of the games that inspired some of Nom Nom's features👇

Here's the end of our credits roll on Puzzle Spy International. Every single thing you see in the game, I created all myself. (Or we wrote together, or designed, etcetera. The music was all made by a guy who lives down the street.)

Yep - in the middle of the current trailer I have a very strong statement about it. youtu.be/EfCIVp9Oa70?...

Are you a gamedev who's not using any GenAI in your pipeline? I'm currently compiling a list of such statements, either in the press, social media, or directly through your credit roll. Feel free to add more examples below.

📢 Tout comme nous, vous aimez les mangas, manhwas, manhuas ou encore les webtoons ? Alors aidez-nous, prestataires du lettrage, de la correction et de la traduction, à soutenir la création humaine face à la déferlante de l’IA générative #ComicsSansIA

Since it's time for the Yearly Localization Discourse ™️ on the other app, let's not forget about this TL from My Hero Academia that everyone called "cringe" and "unfaithful to the source" until someone pulled out the original JP

I hate it here I hate it here I hate it here I hate it here I hate it here I hate it here I hate it here I hate it here I hate it here I hate it here I hate it here I hate it here I hate it here I hate it here I hate it here I hate it here I hate it here I hate it here

Don't bother learning languages they said, it's useless they said