From: http://www.mcvuk.com/press-releases/42348/...s-FunOrb-Brazil
UK, Cambridge, 20th November, 2008– Jagex Ltd, the UK's largest independent games developer, today released a Brazilian version of FunOrb, Jagex's hugely popular browser games portal.
"Launching FunOrb Brazil is a vital part of our localisation strategy, which has already seen FunOrb translated into German and French, and we are extremely pleased to offer gamers in Brazil the chance to enjoy the full FunOrb experience in their own language" said Geoff Iddison, Jagex CEO.
FunOrb is an engaging website that offers an array of online browser games, which have greater depth of play than traditional casual games. FunOrb has been designed with time-pressed gamers in mind by blending quality entertainment with social functionality, offering players of all levels a complete social gaming experience.
FunOrb encompasses a broad range of game genres, including classic shooters, puzzlers, 3D platformers and strategy games. FunOrb offers a mix of single and multiplayer games, complete with virtual 'lobbies' enabling users to playagainst thousands of other FunOrb players around the world.
FunOrb games are available to play by visiting www.funorb.com.br.
Graphics and screenshots are available at: http://www.jagex.com.
About Jagex Ltd
Jagex Ltd is an independent games developer and publisher based in Cambridge, England, with over 400 employees. With proprietary graphics compression, game engine and network communication technologies; Jagex creates online games which are enjoyed by millions of players around the world.
Press Contact:
Adam Tuckwell
Jagex Ltd
Head of Corporate Communications
+44 (0)870 756 3014
press@jagex.com
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Great for them, I need more information about Mechscape though, forget funorb. lol, jk. nice maxe.
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Nice. They first advertised for the position of Portuguese Translation Team Leader in June 2008. Now for RuneScape...
I wonder if they're ever going to make a Chinese version of their products. Unless they're going to stay clear away from that language due to the fact that it could attract 10x the amount of Gold Farmers. So this leaves French and Portuguese for RuneScape. Next on the list is probably Spanish or Swedish.
I remember one of them saying they could make one for India, can't find link though.
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Q: Would you consider taking RuneScape to Asia?
Geoff Iddison: We do plan to go East with it to the Asian market and the Eastern European market too.
Q: What are the challenges in those markets?
Geoff Iddison: China, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, they're all different markets. There are markets in Asia that are more relevant to RuneScape than others. RuneScape is not for Japan, but it could work well in Malaysia for example. And where's India in all this? I think RuneScape is a game that would be adopted in the english-speaking Indian world and the local-speaking Indian world. We're looking at all those markets individually. Payment options are very, very crucial in this as well. You can't go into China and only accept credit cards and dollar subscriptions, it doesn't work that way. Each of the payment options and relationships with payment providers needs to be localised, as does the content of the game.
Geoff Iddison: We do plan to go East with it to the Asian market and the Eastern European market too.
Q: What are the challenges in those markets?
Geoff Iddison: China, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, they're all different markets. There are markets in Asia that are more relevant to RuneScape than others. RuneScape is not for Japan, but it could work well in Malaysia for example. And where's India in all this? I think RuneScape is a game that would be adopted in the english-speaking Indian world and the local-speaking Indian world. We're looking at all those markets individually. Payment options are very, very crucial in this as well. You can't go into China and only accept credit cards and dollar subscriptions, it doesn't work that way. Each of the payment options and relationships with payment providers needs to be localised, as does the content of the game.
Source: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/mmo-...s-geoff-iddison
That's it. Thought it was also Singapore but wasn't sure.
^^Also, you can't just translate a game and expect it to work with other cultures. Sometimes what would appeal to someone in Japan or China wouldn't be anything sane in USA or UK. That's one of the harder things about making a global game, you have to create it so that it appeals to so many other cultures while not bringing up things that some might consider just wrong.
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