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With the successful launch of Silent Hill II, following many other successful horror games from the past few years, are we witnessing a Horror Golden Era? Here, we present a brief history of the horror genre in gaming, along with some of the new titles, both AAA and indie, that are making their mark in the current market. ______________________________________________________________________________ If you are a Indie Horror Dev or Publisher, contact Ghoul Localization for horror translation services! 👻

Everything you need to reach the LATAM and Brazilian markets is here! Contact us and bring your game to a potential audience of over 600 million players! Here are some testimonials: "Working with Ghoul Localization has been a great experience – Raphael is very responsive, and the translations are high quality. Change requests were quickly made. Who knew the Undead can be of such good use?" - Martin, Founder of Adamant Studios "We hired Ghoul Localisation to translate the Steam page for End of Ember and I couldn’t be happier with the service. Raphael was very responsive and easy to work with and the translations were prompt and affordable. We will definitely come back to Ghoul Localisation when it is time to localise the entire game – thanks, team!" - Chad Habel, Bad Plan Studios

Our first localized horror game of 2025! Today, January 23rd, Dead of Darkness launched on Steam, and we couldn’t be more excited! We had the pleasure of working on the transcreation of the game’s many achievements, which demanded loads of creativity from our talented translators, and they absolutely crushed it! A true homage to classic horror games like Resident Evil, with stunning portraits and amazing voiceover! Spanish (LATAM): Matías E. Desalvo French: Lucie Melay Italian: Francesco Caligiuri Make sure to follow them and, of course, give Dead of Darkness a chance! I’ll leave the link in the comments!

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Happy New Year, my Ghouls! We’ve updated our website, and now it’s ghoulrgeous (2025 is officially the year of puns)! At Ghoul Loc, we prioritize managing the localization of your product by: - Mapping all the important terms in your game, - Communicating with you and/or your team, - Treating localization as a highly technical and specialized profession; and - Spooking you along the way 👻 Contact us at br.localization@gmail.com for more info! https://lnkd.in/di5rXqjC

The End of Ember Steam page is live! We’re excited to share that our team brought this to life in 13 languages! The End of Ember devs are an amazing team creating something truly fantastic, so be sure to wishlist it using the link below! Follow the team responsible for this. They are awesome: Yoshitaka MURAOKA (JP) Cindy Kim🏳️⚧️ - Your Korean Game Translator (EN/JP→KO) (KO) Tomasz Kaliszewski (PL) Oleksii Shchurov (RU) Matías E. Desalvo (ESP [LATAM]) Caroline Tsakanias (FR) Alfonso José Sánchez Jiménez (ES [EU]) Lucie Melay (FR) Francesco Caligiuri (IT) Yusuf Selman Köroğlu (TR) Williams Lei (ZH) Aliaa HasabAllah (AR) Verena Belsky (DE)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN to all! Enjoy your day with lots of spooky games and films 👻

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In horror games, the plot reveals a threat through four stages: Onset, Discovery, Confirmation, and Confrontation. - In the Onset stage, strange things happen, and the characters notice something is wrong, though the player may sense it earlier. Example: Resident Evil 7: Biohazard - Early in the story, Ethan enters the Baker’s house looking for his wife, but things start to feel off. - In the Discovery stage, the characters feel a sense of careful fear. They know there's a threat, but others don't fully believe it yet. Example: Alan Wake - Alan realizes that a dark force controls his surroundings. - In the Confirmation stage, the characters try to convince others of the threat while preparing to face it. Example: The Evil Within - Sebastian begins to understand the nightmare world created by the STEM system and the enemies hunting him. - In the Confrontation stage, the characters face the monster. Even though they fight back, they suffer losses. Example: Dead Space - Isaac Clarke battles the necromorphs, leading to a final fight with the alien artifact causing the outbreak. When localizing these stages, it’s important to keep the slow build of suspense, making sure the dialogue and text show the gradual understanding of the threat. That's why understanding the genre is so important in localization! Have a great weekend! PS: If you want to learn more about the horror genre, a good book is "The Philosophy of Horror". In it, Noel Carroll explains the basic ideas behind the genre. I used this book as a reference for this post.

Good luck to all developers and publishers participating in Steam Next Fest! We'll definitely be checking out some cool demos available this week!