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It's #WorldMentalHealthDay, and we wanted to take a moment to recognize the importance of mental well-being throughout our lives and at work. As a #LevelUp partner of Safe In Our World, we support their efforts to raise awareness and provide support surrounding mental health issues for those who work in the gaming sector. Did you know Safe in Our World provides 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 training and resources tailored to games industry employees on their website? Check out their resources and browse their site to find out more: 👉 https://lnkd.in/emHZZhA They've also been cooking up a ton of exciting announcements and initiatives to celebrate their 5th anniversary - see below! Let's keep raising the bar for #MentalHealthAwareness in gaming together 🧡

From our humble beginnings in Japan in 1994, to 40+ studios across 4 continents... we’re proud of the hard work our teams have accomplished for our partners, players, and the games industry over the past 30 years, providing industry-leading services to every part of the globe. Join us as we look back on the last three decades of the PTW family. 🎮✨ Thanks as always to our teams and partners, without whom we could never have made it this far. Here's to many more years of bringing your story to the world! #PTW30Years #PTWFamilyofBrands #SIDE #1518Studios #Ghostpunch #BringingYourStoryToTheWorld #OurStory

Curious about working in #LocalizationQA for games or breaking into #GameLocalization? 🌍 Meet Flávia Souza from our #PTWBraga team: her inspiring journey from working as a teacher in Brazil to doing her master's in game localization in Portugal eventually led her to us, where she’s been providing expert #LQA in Brazilian Portuguese for our partners' games for over a year now. Flávia’s story is a testament to the power of following your passions, and we're very lucky to have her on the team! Get to know more about how she transformed her love of video games into a career in our latest LAB article: 👉 https://bit.ly/3zRpudW #MeetTheTeam #PTWWritersProgram #L10N #Localization #QA

#FlashbackFriday 📸 Check out the recent Onam celebrations from our #PTWBangalore studio, kicking off one of many festivals to be celebrated by our India teams over the next few months.  Our PTWinners took part in traditional dances, games, and decorated the studio with a beautiful flower rangoli. 🌸🌼🌺  #PTWIndia #PTWinners #Onam

Our SIDE Global audio team has been dedicated to delivering exceptional character performances for games for nearly three decades now, contributing to beloved franchises like #FinalFantasy and #TheWitcher. 🎙 Recently we had the pleasure of hosting the Xbox On team at our #SIDELondon studio, who interviewed two renowned actors from the gaming space and beyond: Doug Cockle and Abubakar Salim. The pair spoke to their experiences voicing some of their most iconic characters with SIDE over the years, including: 🔹 The process of voice acting for video games, from script to screen 🔹 How to bring out the best performances in yourself and others 🔹 What it's like growing with a character over time 🔹 The role a studio plays in providing a space for imagination We've recapped the key insights from the interview, and given a "behind the scenes" look into what it's like being in a voice booth at SIDE. Let us know what you think! Read the full article on our website here: 👉 https://bit.ly/4dzNIXX #GameAudio #VoiceActing #inSIDE #XboxOn #BehindTheScenes

Excited to announce that we’ll be attending MIGS later this month, from October 30-31 in Montreal, Canada 🎮🍁 We’re looking forward to connecting with old and new partners alike at this year’s MIGS, as our #PTWMontreal and #SIDEMontreal teams join forces to exhibit together at booth no. 103! Come chat with our team to learn about our local and international industry-leading services, spanning QA, Audio, Localization, Art, Co-Dev, and more. Find out more about our presence here: 👉 https://bit.ly/485OXND And be sure to get in touch with our team if you'll be there too! ⤵  Justin Phass | Arnaud Barenne | Marcelo Martins | Ana Laura Duch | Mathieu Lavoie | Sébastien Bisch, MSc | Olivier Merville | Elvina Antonova #MIGS2024 #MIGS #Montreal #QA #Audio #Art #L10N #CoDev

What a week we had at #TokyoGameShow! Events like TGS are always a fantastic opportunity to connect with the international gaming community and learn about the latest innovations amongst our industry friends and partners. This year we were thrilled to highlight our global studios and services alongside our parent company Pole to Win Holdings, while celebrating the 1-year anniversary of our #SIDETokyo studio as well as #PTW30Years. 🎉 Thank you to everyone who stopped by our booth! Let’s keep trailblazing the world with gaming! 🎮🚀 #TGS2024 #PTWatTGS #Tokyo #Japan #ExternalDevelopment

In case you missed it: Check out the talk given by Neil Alex Long, our Senior Director for Player Support, in collaboration with Sky Tunley-Stainton from Safe In Our World, at the IndieGameBusiness® summit last week! 💡  The talk covered the basics of #OnlineSafety for game communities, from why we need it, to who is responsible for it, and the importance of having the right tools for dealing with toxicity and difficult situations for your frontline teams. We also share some tips for game studios who are looking to build out better resources and training to help protect their teams and players. You can watch the full talk on YouTube here: ▶ https://bit.ly/47J4e6P #PlayerSupport #CommunityManagement #SafeSpaces

As we mark our 30-year anniversary this month, what better way to look back on our journey than to hear directly from some of our team who got us to where we are today? We sat down with some of our longest standing team members across the globe, celebrating 10-, 15-, 20-, and 25-year anniversaries with PTW this year, to hear about what’s kept them here, their most memorable moments, and what their hopes are for PTW’s future. Swipe to read some of the highlights! ✨ And check out the full story on our website: 👉 https://bit.ly/4gASlUn #PTW30Years #BringingYourStoryToTheWorld #OurTeam #OurStory

Join us in going #BehindTheScreens as we highlight some all-star employees from another of our key teams: #QualityAssurance! Meet Cezar Cioban, one of the longest-standing team members on our FQA team at #PTWBucharest 👋🎮 In Cezar's role as FQA Team Lead for our Romanian team, he manages projects between multiple clients and stakeholders while supervising a team of testers, helping them grow and develop their skills daily. He is truly an invaluable member of the team and we've been lucky to call him one of our own for 3 years now. Get to know him a bit better below, from his day-to-day in QA to one of the most memorable bugs he's found over the years. 🐞 #PTWQualityAsurance #MeetTheTeam #QA #GameQA