Which Is Your Favourite Localised Game of 2024?
You can vote at this year’s Day Awards (partnership) in a number of categories:
Best Localized Video Game 2024
Best Translated Book 2024
Best Linguist Industry Tool 2024
Best Localized Movie 2024
Best Localized TV Show 2024.
Let’s look at the nominees in the video games category for 2024.
Best Localized Video Game 2024
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Elden Ring
- Final Fantasy VII
- Alone in the Dark
- Prince of Persia
You can vote for your favourite game here.
Hogwarts Legacy
Hogwarts Legacy is a 2023 game from the Harry Potter franchise from Avalanche Software and distributed by Warner Bros. It’s an immersive open-world action game with very high ratings from users.
The game supports multiple language options: English, French, Italian, German and Spanish.
Elden Ring
Elden Ring is a fantasy action game by FromSoftware released in 2022 that is marketed to an adult audience (over 16). The game contains a series of quests and challenges while exploring various lands.
It supports the following language options:
- English
- French
- Italian
- German
- Spanish – Spain
- Japanese
- Korean
- Polish
- Portuguese – Brazil
- Russian
- Simplified Chinese
- Spanish – Latin America
- Thai
- Traditional Chinese
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VII was released in 2019 by Square Enix Games and is a highly rated single-system role-playing game.
The game offers language options in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish (both Latin America and Spain options).
Alone in the Dark
Alone in the Dark, released in 2024, was developed by Pieces Interactive and published by THQ Nordic. It’s a psychological horror and action game with a cinematic feel featuring the likeness of Hollywood actors Jodie Comer and David Harbour.
The game is available in the following languages:
- English
- French
- Italian
- German
- Spanish – Spain
- Arabic
- Portuguese – Brazil
- Traditional Chinese
- Simplified Chinese
- Japanese
- Korean
- Polish
- Russian
- Hindi
- Indonesian
- Persian
Prince of Persia
Prince of Persia is a single-system action-adventure game featuring combat sequences in a fantasy world. Released in 2024 by Ubisoft Montpellier, the game supports the following languages:
- Arabic
- Chinese (Simplified)
- Chinese (Traditional)
- English
- Farsi
- French German
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Polish
- Portuguese (Brazilian)
- Russian
- Spanish.
There’s a bit of trivia about this game that is worth mentioning. After many years since its initial release, the 2024 version of Prince of Persia called The Lost Crown also offers an audio version in Farsi, the language spoken in what was formerly Persia and that is now Iran. This was widely reported in the news because the game itself is heavily inspired by Persia and its mythology, so it was appropriate and respectful to add the Farsi language to pay tribute to Persian culture. Many users have praised the developers for representing the Iranian community and culture in the game, as language is a key component in gameplay.