microsoft dublin

[Anonymous]

just wondering if there is any users online here who are currently working in microsoft dublin? is there a games studio based there?

thanks

-R

[Anonymous]

Pretty sure that they only localize their games there. No actual original development AFAIK.

[Aphra K]

mostly localisation with a little original dev in the sound area to the best of my knowledge.

Clevercelt used to work there and is on the boards..

Aphra.

[Anonymous]

Localisation\Localization

[Anonymous]

what do you mean localisation?

[Aphra K]

as they do with software, language and cultural translation of game content, manuals and packaging..

Aphra.

[Anonymous]

ah ok thanks. :)

[Anonymous]

I`m working here at the moment but not in the games section. Its all localization in here. I was hoping to get into the testing side of things but a language is a requirement and something that I dont have.

[Anonymous]

ah ok cool. where you working neil?

[Anonymous]

Epdc05 out in sandyford. Workin as a loc test engineer on some windows server stuff

[Anonymous]

I used to work in the Kids N Games group about 9 years ago. Strictly localisation of titles then. Am sure not much has changed since then either.

[Anonymous]

I’m doing localisation testing in leopardstown.
but for keywords intl not microsoft.

[Anonymous]

I met with someone from keywords a few months ago but there wasnt enough work at the time for someone with no foreign language so i ended up accepting another contract with microsoft. This contract is finishing up soon enough so must start looking for something

[Anonymous]

worked in MS HED/ PC & XBOX (formerly Kids N games) for a few years, as you say it was mainly localization, cultural adaptation etc, although there was lots of other good stuff going on around research, embryonic dev, outreach, innovation and moving up the value chain etc around the time I left in 05.

Some really good people on site there, much more capable than just the loc stuff they were doing. MS a big org, lots of egos, lots of agendas, HQ calls the shots, myopically in my view, games test teams get augmented by sub contracted testers during increases in seasonal demand, sign on with one or two of those for a chance to get test work.

[Aphra K]

thanks Mick…

by the way I hear there have been some changes with Vivendi in Dublin as well. Gerry has left and not sure who is now in charge. anyone know anything about what is going on there?

Aphra.

[Anonymous]

Hi everybody,

I am looking for game testing job at the moment and I applied with Keywords but they do not answer the mails or the phone.

This is very strange because I have a good experience in Localisation, QA and I speak French….

Is there anybody who a knows a bit more about this company?

Thanks

[Anonymous]

We localise/localize :) here for the European and eastern European markets. There is no development going on here in the area of games as far as I know. I am here as an Intern from Carlow I.T, kept well busy though.

[Anonymous]

We localise/localize :) here for the European and eastern European markets. There is no development going on here in the area of games as far as I know. I am here as an Intern from Carlow I.T, kept well busy though.[/quote:3ed9af398c]

Hey y2kprawn how is the game course going in Carlow IT? How would you rate the difficulty Mid, Hard or Extreme?

[Anonymous]

PM me :)

[Anonymous]

Hi everybody,

I am looking for game testing job at the moment and I applied with Keywords but they do not answer the mails or the phone.

This is very strange because I have a good experience in Localisation, QA and I speak French….

Is there anybody who a knows a bit more about this company?

Thanks[/quote:63af62da2a]

Some companies in Dublin that do game localisation of the top of my head…

Popcap
Activision
Vivendi
Microsoft
Berlitz?

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