Game localisation is an emerging field in Translation Studies that initially began attracting
attention in the late 1990s, when the first studies analysing this new translation phenomenon …

Over 6000 different languages are used in the world today, but the conventions of'media
speak'are far from universal and the complexities of translation are rarely acknowledged by …

This chapter provides an overview of the growing interrelationship between media fandom
and audiovisual translation (AVT) practices, focusing on fansubbing, and extending the …

Game localisation is a type of audiovisual translation that has gradually been gathering
scholarly attention since the mid-2000s, mainly due to the increasing and ubiquitous …

Japanese video games have entertained players around the world and played an important
role in the video game industry since its origins. In order to export Japanese games …

ABSTRACT Purpose/Rationale This study examines esports players' and viewers'
motivations in Japan to inform market segmentation and strategy for industry stakeholders …

This book explores the impact of a video game's degree of realism or fictionality on its
linguistic dimensions, investigating the challenges and strategies for translating realia and …

While queer narratives have recently gained greater prominence and attention [35][51][48]
both in games and game studies, they still represent a tiny portion of the playable romances …

The number of official translations of games in the videogame market of Iran is very scant.
Additionally, the existing ones contain only dubbed or subtitled menus, dialogues and …

We have prepared this introduction to mark this first edition of the journal since taking it on
as new co-editors. Part of the work on this issue took place as the progressive spread of …