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Interview: What It’s Like to Localize a Yoko Taro Video Game
8-4’s own John Ricciardi talked to VICE about what it’s like to localize a Yoko Taro game, spanning the full NieR series from 2010’s NieR Gestalt to 2021’s NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… Check out the full interview here!
The Joystiq Show: Localization of the Damned
Mark joins the crew of The Joystiq Show to talk about our work localizing Shadows of the Damned and a range of other topics. You can listen to it here: The Joystiq Show
Akibatteru Video Interview
We were featured in an edition of Akibatteru — a YouTube show about all things Japan! Their Hiroko interviews our Hiroko and the rest of the gang about our localization process. You even get a small tour of the 8-4 towers! Check it out: Or you can find it at Akibatteru’s official YouTube channel: Akibatteru
Kotaku: Found in Translation
The guys over at Kotaku talked to us about the kind of changes games can undergo during the localization process. What kind of changes? Find out for yourself over at Kotaku
Amusement: East Fail

Well lookee here — we were interviewed by super-awesome French video game magazine Amusement as a part of their feature on eastern vs. western games! Here’s the excerpt in its original French. (Short translation: AMUSEMENT: Why are you so awesome? 8-4: Oh, you.) Intermediaire indispensable entre les createurs japonais et les joueurs occidentaux, l’etape de…
Gamasutra: 8-4 & The New Potential For Game Localization
Hey! John and Hiroko were interviewed by Gamasutra about their views on localization and the potential for Japanese games in the West! Go go go to Gamasutra to read it!