Localization

Blizzard Community Manager Answers When Fans Can Expect the New Cowboy Name

OverwatchAndyB, a Blizzard community manager, has returned to the official Overwatch subreddit to answer how much longer fans will have to wait... / Blizzard EntertainmentAndyB, a Blizzard community manager, has returned to the official Overwatch subreddit to answer how much longer fans will have to wait for the "Cowboy name change" project.On a post published on Monday, Sept. 13, user FuriouSherman asked if anyone knew when Blizzard would be letting its fans in on Cowboy's new name. Moments later, AndyB swooped in, replying to the post with some insider information

Mary Skelter Finale Gets Western Release Date for PS4 & Nintendo Switch

Idea Factory International announced the western release for Compile heart’s dungeon-crawling JRPG Mary Skelter Finale. The game is coming out for PS4 and Nintendo Switch on September 30. The western localization was announced all the way back in March, but at least now we know when it’s coming. You can see a trailer below, also showing the bonus dating game “Mary Skelter Locked Up Love” that will be included in the package. [embedded content] We also get the news of a limited edition proceed at $104.99 available exclusively at Idea

Neptunia x Senran Kagura: Ninja Wars Announced For The West for PS4

Today, during Idea Factory International’s Online Summer Festival livestream, the publisher announced the localization of the upcoming crossover between Senran Kagura and Hyperdimension Neptunia Senran Nin Nin Ninja Taisen Neptunia: Shojo-Tachi no Kyoen. The western title will be simply Neptunia x Senran Kagura: Ninja Wars and it’ll come in 2021. For now, no new platforms have been added and the game is coming only for PS4 as in Japan. Yet, Idea Factory International isn’t new to adding more platforms in the running, so you never know. Voiceovers will be in

Here are the notes and updates for League of Legends: Wild Rift patch 2.4

League of Legends: Wild Rift’s patch 2.4 is here with a lot of new features. This includes the champion Akshan, champion bans, replay system, new items, and much more. The content in this update will be released throughout the patch. Riot has said that the patch will be live for about three weeks before the next update drops. Here are the complete patch notes for Wild Rift’s patch 2.4 update. New Champion Akshan, the Rogue Sentinel Image via Riot Games The new champion will be released on July 27 at

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: The Siege of Paris Launches on August 12

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s first expansion, Wrath of the Druids, launched launched earlier this year and took players to Ireland. Now, its second expansion, which will head to Paris, is on the horizon as well, and we know exactly when to expect it. While a Summer launch window has been announced for the second expansion for a while, Ubisoft recently released the full update notes for patch going live for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla tomorrow, and confirmed that The Siege of Paris will launch on August 12, with support for it being added in the game with

Beloved Mecha Visual Novel Full Metal Demon Muramasa Coming West Next Month Courtesy of JAST USA

Today JAST USA announced that Nitroplus‘ beloved mecha visual novel Full Metal Demon Muramasa (Soukouakki Muramasa) is finally coming west. Originally released in 2009 and written by Ittetsu Narahara, featuring character design by Namaniku ATK and mecha design by Makoto Ishiwata (who worked on Kakumeiki Valvrave, Robotics;Notes, Suisei no Gargantia, and more), it has been a most-wanted for localization among many fans for over a decade. Now we know that it’s coming west in English very soon, on Aug. 24, 2021. You can check out the official announcement trailer below,

Could Gundam Evolution Be the Next Overwatch?

Top GamesGundam Evolution takes the Overwatch formula and applies to Gundam. / Photo courtesy of Bandai NamcoCould Gundam Evolution be the next Overwatch? The notion is kind of laughable on its face — Gundam hardly has the cultural cache Overwatch wields, especially in the West — but the similarities between the two games have fans' minds reeling with possibility.[embedded content]Gundam Evolution is a free-to-play, first-person, class-based shooter featuring six-on-six online matches based around fighting for objectives. The different Gundam suits culled from the franchise's long history, each has its own

Lost Judgment Localization Director Explains Why its English Lip Sync isn’t as “Silky” as Yakuza 7

Lost Judgment has looked exactly as good you’d expect in all that we’ve seen so far, but even so, some fans have noticed that the quality of the game’s lip syncing with English audio doesn’t seem to be on the same level as the likes of Yakuza: Like a Dragon, or the first Judgment game. Recently, Lost Judgment’s localization director Scott Strichart of Sega acknowledged those issues in a thread on Twitter, and explained why that is the case. Essentially, Strichart says that given the fact that Japanese voice recordings for Lost Judgment wrapped up just four months

Shin Megami Tensei V for Nintendo Switch Gets Lots of Screenshots Showing Gameplay & English Localization

Today Atlus revealed a sizable gallery of screenshots of the upcoming JRPG Shin Megami Tensei V. The gallery is similar to the one released a few days ago, but this time around all the menus and dialogue are localized in English. We get to see cutscenes, character and demon progression, combat, negotiation, and fusion. There is also the tease of multiple endings depending on the player’s choices. Shin Megami Tensei V releases for Nintendo Switch on Nov, 12, 2021. If you’re unfamiliar with it, you can enjoy and a brief official

The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie, Trails from Zero, and Trails to Azure Coming to PS4, Switch, and PC in West

After listings for the games went live early on the Epic Games Store, NIS America and Falcom have confirmed that four games in The Legend of Heroes series are being localized for the West. The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie (which is the English name for Hajimari no Kiseki), The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero, The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure, and The Legend of Nayuta: Boundless Trails are all coming to PS4, Switch and PC. Check out their trailers below. Also despite being leaked via the