August 18 🔥 August 18 🔥 August 18 🔥 #wishlistwednesday store.steampowered.com/app/4964110/...

Listening to @jon.inkle.co & @philippawarr.bsky.social talk about game localization is an absolute joy. If you're even remotely interested in the topic, you should give ear to ep 23 of the Game Narrative Kaleidoscope Podcast right away 🤍⬇️ www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope...

In 20 days, we'll be at both #Gamescom & #Devcom 💫 Find us on MeetToMatch to talk about: - Localization - LQA - Text review - Steam page translation ... Etc!

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐝 💫 Game localizers@fromthevoid.net · last wk.

Did you know? 😏 We'll be at @gamescomdev.bsky.social next month! Let's talk about localizing your game with ethical, human professionals — find us or @mittovac.bsky.social on MeettoMatch 🤍

"Your lack of interest in your own work will be evident." Louder please 💫

Aura/Moom@moomanibe.bsky.social · last wk.

many of my favourite games were made using free asset packs, stock RPG maker assets, stuff bought off asset stores. If you abandon caring about the process and just AIgen garbage, people will know - not just because of how it looks, but because your lack of interest in your own work will be evident

Take a deep breath. @futurism.com wrote your new guided meditation for a relaxed day: "Just five US tech giants — Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle — are hiding an estimated $1.65 trillion in debt that doesn’t appear on balance sheets." 🧘☀️🧘☀️🧘☀️ futurism.com/artificial-i...

AI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of Debt

AI companies are pouring tens of billions of dollars into enormous data centers. They're being built on top of a mountain of hidden debt.

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💥𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲𝘀? by @bscotch.net is out! 💥 Please welcome one of the silliest games we've ever worked on: How many dudes does it take to beat up a gorilla? A thousand toddlers? A GOD? Of course, send your armies of dudes to battle in your native tongue thanks to your favorite pals from the Void 💫

Our take: #WishlistWednesday shouldn't only be devs advertising their projects, but also indie enthusiasts showcasing gems they found. So here is I SHALL NAME THE DEAD by @tiagorrech.bsky.social. Look at it. Gorgeous, weird & mysterious. Our absolute jam 🤍 store.steampowered.com/app/4881350/...

I SHALL NAME THE DEAD on Steam

The Nameless Dead cannot be buried, their remains pile up in a mass of indignity. You have crawled from the gutter to name them. Explore the cemetery and uncover their names before the Worm eats your ...

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Did you know? 😏 We'll be at @gamescomdev.bsky.social next month! Let's talk about localizing your game with ethical, human professionals — find us or @mittovac.bsky.social on MeettoMatch 🤍

Yeesssss 🙌✅

Jenn Odd@jentranslations.bsky.social · 2w ago

Game developers, how do you know if you have a good localization company? Here are some green flags to keep in mind when selecting someone~! j-entranslations.com/green-flags-...

This #SaturdayVoidRec💫 isn't a new release but it's a must play. If you like languages and linguistics, you have to play Heaven's Vault by @inkle.co. A narrative adventure in which you uncover the history of an ancient civilization... as well as its lost language. Brilliant in every way 🤍

Let players (humans) play real games with real stories made by real people (humans). www.gamesradar.com/games/surviv...

"Gamers don't want it": Palworld lead says Pocketpair doesn't touch AI because players hate it and artists "like doing stuff themselves"

"If the gamers don't want it, I guess that's it, right?"

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We're still looking for testimonies on Altagram's behaviour. Feel free to contact us if there's anything you'd like to share. We game translators deserve better than this.

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐝 💫 Game localizers@fromthevoid.net · last mo.

This is serious and unbearable. We're trying to investigate the matter as we can: please feel free to contact us or @mittovac.bsky.social if you've been impacted and would be willing to talk.

mass layoffs at Pixar despite Toy Story 5 about to cross $1 billion at the box office. there is simply no amount of money that will make corporations happy enough to not upend people’s lives.

Pixar Bears Brunt of Disney Studio Layoffs as Company Axes Several Hundred Staffers

Pixar Animation Studios, despite riding high on the success of summer blockbuster "Toy Story 5," was hit particularly hard in a wave of corporatewide layoffs at Disney.

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It's #WishlistWednesday and we have exactly what you need: a game that's releasing next week! Here comes How Many Dudes? - the craziest roguelike dudebuilder, unique and addictive. Get ready and go follow @bscotch.net 🦍💥 store.steampowered.com/app/3934270/...

Good news: for the first time in France, a videogame studio (Don't Nod) has been condemned through labor court for letting multiple cases of harassment go on for years. Don't Nod did stricly nothing since the ruling, but we'll take a victory when we see one. www.stjv.fr/2026/07/face...

Face au harcèlement à Don’t Nod, une victoire inédite – STJV

Le 31 mars 2026, le CSE de Don’t Nod Entertainment et le STJV ont obtenu une victoire inédite contre l’entreprise Don’t Nod Entertainment devant le Conseil de P

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🐈𝗜 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝘁!🐈 Wait, what? This French idiom seems to come from an older one: "to throw one's tongue to the dog", used when you didn't feel like searching for the answer to a riddle anymore. But as cats were considered guardians of secrets, they took over the expression 😽

Very well put, and our official recommendation for your weekend 🙂‍↕️ Grab one or two friends, enter the store and play in one of the 13 languages we localized, you won't regret it! #SaturdayVoidRec💫

Dominic Tarason@dominictarason.com · 3w ago

Also Storebound left early access today! Some people were a bit bent out of shape that it's not an endlessly replayable Lethal Company-like. It REALLY isn't. It's basically a co-op (up to 3 players) escape room on a bigger, more story-driven scale, with some monsters to run and hide from.

Storebound is out in 1.0! 🥳 Work together with your friends to decode the megastore's twisted logic... And do so in your native tongue: the game is available in 13 languages thanks to your favorite shoppers from the Void 🤍

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐝 💫 Game localizers@fromthevoid.net · 9mo ago

Storebound is out in Early Access today! Episodes 1 & 2 of this coop horror game are already waiting for you. Enjoy your time in Present in your mother tongue: thanks to our shoppers from the Void, Storebound is available in no less than 13 languages! 🤍⬇️ store.steampowered.com/app/3417410/...

HO HISSE 2 (la sauciss2) est de sortie ! Traduit avec poigne par les mains expertes et délicates et musclées de @fromthevoid.net et @kakehashigames.com.

Devolver Digital@devolverdigital.com · 3w ago

💪 HEAVE HO 2 IS OUT NOW! 💪 The friend-flinging, relationship-ruining beloved indie classic is BACK with all new challenges, characters, and local+online multiplayer shenanigans. Steam + Switch + Switch 2. Tell your friends to get a grip. www.heaveho2.com

Heave Ho 2, the insane 2-4 player party game sequel is finally out and available in Russian! It supports online now, so get ready for that sweet mayhem that will test your friendships! 😅 Huge congrats to awesome people at @lecartelstudio.bsky.social and @devolverdigital.com 🥂

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐝 💫 Game localizers@fromthevoid.net · 3w ago

🤩 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗛𝗼 𝟮 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁! 🤩 ... And we're happy to say we localized it into 8 languages 😏 Many thanks to @devolverdigital.com & @lecartelstudio.bsky.social for their trust. Get ready to enjoy online co-op mayhem in your native tongue, thanks to your favorite chaos bringers from the Void 🤍 💫

🤩 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗛𝗼 𝟮 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁! 🤩 ... And we're happy to say we localized it into 8 languages 😏 Many thanks to @devolverdigital.com & @lecartelstudio.bsky.social for their trust. Get ready to enjoy online co-op mayhem in your native tongue, thanks to your favorite chaos bringers from the Void 🤍 💫

Let's shed light to indie delights for this #WishlistWednesday! Here's Dustpine District, a very cute & cosy game where you'll explore and restore a spooky forest town while collecting unique items along the way. We're hooked 👀🌲 What's in *your* wishlist? store.steampowered.com/app/4815560/...

Dustpine District on Steam

Explore and restore a spooky forest town while collecting unique items along the way. Check off tasks, fill your home with treasures, meet your new neighbors and uncover Dustpine District's cosmic pas...

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Just bringing this to your attention again 👀

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐝 💫 Game localizers@fromthevoid.net · 4w ago

💫⬇️ 𝗚𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗖 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗖𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗗𝗘𝗩𝗦 ⬇️💫 If you're a dev (or publisher) having to handle localization for a game, we got you. Here's a thread of the best resources we've come accross, whether it's your first time or you'd like to find a better way to handle it all! 🧵

To my subtitler colleagues out there, this is time-sensitive and critical to our survival. Think long term. Colegas de TAV, es imperioso que negociemos tarifas justas y sostenibles en este momento crucial. Pensemos en frío y a largo plazo. #StandTogether #HagamosPiña

SUBTLE - the Subtitlers' Association@subtleuk.bsky.social · 4w ago

In light of recent changes to subtitling workflows, many linguists are onboarding with new agency clients who are offering unsustainable per-minute rates...

An absolute legend. RIP 🤍💫

REVY@catgirlfingies.quest · last mo.

Just sharing this again at a time of what's happening in Australia. In Event Horizon Sam Neill requested that the Australian flag on his character's uniform remove the Union Flag from the corner & for it to be replaced with the Aboriginal flag, the way he thought it should look in 2047

"There are all this marketing and press releases about diversity initiatives, but then [publishers and funds] just retreat to comfortable, licensed, safe [games]" Wishing all the best to @nazihfares.com and the Arab League of Misfits. We cannot wait for this game to exist! 🤍

Chris Kerr@kerrblimey.bsky.social · 4w ago

Another tremendous Game Developer column from @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social, who spoke to The Arab League of Misfits developer @nazihfares.com to understand how a risk-averse industry is failing marginalized developers:

That's what happens when a creative industry is led by overinvesting, profit-oriented CEOs with 0 game knowledge. Who could have foretold, right? 🙃

Adrian Campos@friendadev.bsky.social · last mo.

The game industry is so fucking back

💫⬇️ 𝗚𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗖 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗖𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗗𝗘𝗩𝗦 ⬇️💫 If you're a dev (or publisher) having to handle localization for a game, we got you. Here's a thread of the best resources we've come accross, whether it's your first time or you'd like to find a better way to handle it all! 🧵

If @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social can teach herself Latin (a dead language with no songs to listen to or movies to watch) through books, then we all can learn a language without Duolingo. Reminder: Duolingo is an "AI-first" company who fired so many of their contractors. A very inspiring article 🤍

Aftermath@aftermath.site · last mo.

When Duolingo let me down, I went back to the old ways: aftermath.site/duolingo-ai-la...

Wishing a great week to every game translator fighting for their life out there. Your work matters and you do it beautifully. You rock. 😘