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more about #localization TRT-X: "World War II? Is that a breakfast cereal?" more » Ippolit: Appearantly almost everyone around here thinks germany is trying to forget their past. Let me just say that every school kid in germany learns about t... more » fuchikoma: ...because of course those who forget history never have to worry about it henceforth, right? more » Methusalah: Despite all the people flipping out about Germany's well-known ban on nazi-related imagery in this thread, the real issue is that somebody in Activisi... more » [DFX] Deimos: Why does Germany hate free speech? more » MadExponent: Is this the we don't remember that shit and don't want to, syndrome? I mean come on. more » BeniBluemchen: Wow, there is still a lot of people that get their facts wrong. As has been posted earlier, this has nothing to do with a ban from the german governme... more » KingDavid73: is it the one on the guy's chin? sorry about the image... look below. more » jmaster14656: I understand German officials don't like swastikas, but they don't have to be such Nazis about it. more » WhiteMåge is in fact a boy, damnit: ATTN Germany: Get over it. It happened. Stop trying to pretend it didn't and get over it. What's worse is that a swastika isn't even an offensive sy... more » 7ucky: Wow, there are lots of people who think distribution of games is a higher priority than reading an article fully or knowing your basic world history. ... more » milford: I doubt the "lololol Germany is denying it's past" crowd will care, but those laws were never intended to keep the population ignorant about the evils... more » ShaggE: Cracking Eggs Of Wisdom: Y'know, I never saw the game's boxart before... I really like it. As for the game itself... I still don't know. The joy of Wolfenstein was that the ... more » SachitaCormorant: As a German Gamer I honestly think this whole thing with the swastika is really stupid. People KNOW we had Nazi's in the past and banning a single sym... more » Taggart6 wishes you happy holidays!!!: You'd think that a game that involves killing Nazis would be more heavily supported in a post anti-Nazi Germany. more » ShaSt One: SwastikWHAAAAAAA? more » Countchokeula: so are Buddhists banned from Germany as well?? more » Kenny: Mmmmm, I love colons!: Hey Germans, look at this. Take a good, hard look at it. What is it? Its an assortment of pixels that represent colors, all formed into a pattern. Thi... more » Yossarian: Needs moar Fiddy. more » ogt462: reminds me of this more » -
#rumor
Swastika Gets Wolfenstein Pulled from German Shelves
Nazi imagery is a big nein-nein in Germany, and the localized version of Wolfenstein was supposed to have removed all of it. A small swastika slipped through, and Activision is said to be recalling the game from shelves there. More » -
#worldofwarcraft
World of Warcraft is Back Online in China
After a two month hiatus, World of Warcraft has resumed full operations in China, where a switchover in local operators had been held up by government regulators and content changes. More » -
#localization
UK Scribblenauts Has Ice Lollies And Nappies
UK Scribblenauts buyers won't have to fuss with our quaint colonial terms, with developer 5th Cell going out of their way to make sure that no one confuses football with football. More » -
#ageofconan
CD Projekt Adds Polish To Age Of Conan
The company behind the PC RPG The Witcher is taking another stab at the swords and sorcery gig as Funcom announces a fully localized Polish release for Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures to be handled by CD Projekt, due out in the second half of 2008. The Polish developer, publisher, and distributor will handle the localization and running of the game, including customer service, in-game support, websites and the game's community, while Funcom handles the back end. Age of Conan will be the first subscription RPG to be fully localized in Polish. Says Michał Kiciński, joint CEO of CD Projekt:"We are committed to providing a new level of game experience through the use of local game masters, community managers and customer support. For years we have waited for the right MMO game to come along and now it is here, in our hands."
CD Projekt has worked with Funcom in the past, localizing and distributing The Longest Journey, and also localized the Baldur's Gate series and Planescape: Torment. I'm liking this company more every minute. More » -
