Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for June 4th, 2021. In today s article, we re taking a look at the remaining new releases for the week.
When the majority of video games companies around the world closed their office doors in early 2020 due to COVID-19, not many could have foreseen that the trend towards remote working would become part of everyday life.
This was especially true for localization professionals, as publishers and developers got to grips with staff adjusting to different schedules and practices across multiple languages and regions.
All of this while keeping track of assets amid thousands of strings, aggressive timelines and complicated conversation structures.
With this in mind, we ve outlined three best practices that can help you retain clear communication so that projects remain on schedule when localizing games using remote teams.
It s only February, but we ve already seen several significant acquisitions in the games industry in 2021, with EA s purchase of Glu Mobile for $2.1 billion the biggest so far. The acquisition of Glu is EA s largest investment in a mobile studio, and follows the acquisitions of Jamdat, Chillingo, Hands-On Mobile and Industrial Toys.
We decided to take a deep dive into some of Glu s top-grossing titles to understand what drove EA s decision. Beyond the apparent dynamics of revenue generation, we also wanted to see how the Glu portfolio enhances and strengthens EA s roster in terms of target audience fit, motivations and other factors.