Archive: september 27, 2008

The Export Problem: East to West Localization, Collaboration [Asia]

With a quickly expanding domestic games market, and more companies thinking of making the leap to Western markets, Asian companies are facing some serious issues in the next few years: competition to become gaming 'hubs' for foreign companies, how to localize for foreign markets (something Japanese companies have historically done well, but in other areas, companies are lagging), how to keep up with a big, demanding market. ZDNet took a look at a few of the issues currently facing Asian games companies. On the issue of dealing with Western companies looking to make an entrance into the Asian market...

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Tags: Asia, Business, East asia, Economy, Industry, Localization, South Korea, china

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Aug 11 Google turns Portal into a coding problem

Jul 7 WALL-E Gets Arabic Localization, A Middle East First [Thq]

Jan 2 Resident Evil 5 producer is 'worried' about the West

Jul 16 Using Games in the Classroom

Jul 7 WALL-E Gets Arabic Localization, A Middle East First [Updated] [Thq]

Mar 31 The Translation Game: Localization Strategies [Industry]

Aug 2 PAX Goes East In 2010 [Penny Arcade]

Aug 6 Microsoft Clarifies Final Fantasy XIII Asia Version "Announcement" [Xbox 360]

Aug 13 Cigarettes and MMO: Asian MMOs designed so players can smoke

Apr 14 Take-Two hears videogames are popular in Asia, expands distribution

May 1 The Challenges Faced by Western Games in Japan

Aug 6 Thai tech blogger mocks hysteria over GTA IV's 'killer' influence

Aug 3 Carnage & Mayhem Shooting in XBOX Fracture

Sep 4 Rock Band disc export update is now live, kind of useless ... for now (Update)

Sep 7 Harmonix announces Les Paul compatibility, other goodies in upcoming PS3 patch

Aug 31 West Meets East: A Week in Mabinogi [Mmos]

Jun 28 What Gaming Needs: More 'World' Games? [Serious Games]

May 1 Lost Planet Colonies screens show new modes, half-naked Frank West

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