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StarCraft 2 - language version - press info

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ElemenT_PL
Profile Joined May 2009
33 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-16 16:28:03
January 16 2010 16:27 GMT
#1
Hello,

Blizzard has confirmed that StarCraft 2 will be fully localized in few european languages:

- English
- German
- French
- Russian
- Spanish
- Polish
- Italian

Also for each language there will be full support , forums ect.

Full info : http://www.starcraft2.net.pl/portal/sc2/1/842/StarCraft_2_w_calosci_po_Polsku.html and screenshot

We have only screenshot of the press info, becouse it was today deleted (9:30 AM european time) from blizzard site.
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Alur
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Denmark3900 Posts
January 16 2010 16:37 GMT
#2
Where is Faroese? This is an outrage!
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Jazriel
Profile Joined April 2008
Canada404 Posts
January 16 2010 16:40 GMT
#3
Where is Esperanto? This is an outrage!


Seriously though, I should make a petition to alert Blizzard to the existence of Esperanto.
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Boblion
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
France8043 Posts
January 16 2010 16:43 GMT
#4
How surprising ...
fuck all those elitists brb watching streams of elite players.
Puosu
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
6992 Posts
January 16 2010 16:44 GMT
#5
We can probably expect to see at least Chinese and Korean versions as well, I'd imagine.

So if you don't see your country there don't panic. =)
Latham
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
9568 Posts
January 16 2010 16:45 GMT
#6
Ugh oh God I was hoping it wouldn't come out in Polish -.- (but I guess it was predictable since wc3 came out in polish also)

The thing is in Poland you cannot buy a game in the English language version if there is a Polish version available. All the damned retailers and translating companies release games in Polish only. They don't even give you the option of choosing between PL/EN which pisses me off to no end.
All the games that I have in Polish have such corny translations and crappy VAs it makes me want to get into the foetus position and cry myself to sleep.

The only advantage in buying games in Poland is that it's usually 1/2 or even 1/3 the price for which it sells here in western Europe.

But I guess it's the same here in Belgium. When I go to the store all I see is French/Flemish language versions -.- no English option what so ever.

Guess I'll have to buy from amazon.co.uk like I do with all my games ;\
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MasterOfChaos
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Germany2896 Posts
January 16 2010 17:10 GMT
#7
Same here. I hope they add english audio on the german version.
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redmarine
Profile Joined August 2009
Denmark165 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-16 17:45:04
January 16 2010 17:44 GMT
#8
On January 17 2010 01:37 Alur wrote:
Where is Faroese? This is an outrage!


I really couldn't imagine that would work out. ;D

It would probably sell less than the English version.

EDIT: I expect that we will have the option to install different languages from the Battle.net service. It already does that for World of WarCraft.
Tom Phoenix
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
1114 Posts
January 16 2010 17:45 GMT
#9
Are you sure this is not fake? The screenshot states 21st of August as the date of the announcement. If that is the case, why reveal the news only now?
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Blue
Profile Joined July 2004
Norway359 Posts
January 16 2010 17:48 GMT
#10
On January 17 2010 02:44 redmarine wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 17 2010 01:37 Alur wrote:
Where is Faroese? This is an outrage!




It would probably sell less than the English version.



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Pyrrhuloxia
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States6700 Posts
January 16 2010 17:56 GMT
#11
Where is ro?
Grumbels
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Netherlands7031 Posts
January 16 2010 19:25 GMT
#12
No Portugese? I always thought Brazil was a growing market as far as gaming is concerned, and Portugal must have a not-too-awful market share as well.
Well, now I tell you, I never seen good come o' goodness yet. Him as strikes first is my fancy; dead men don't bite; them's my views--amen, so be it.
torm3ntin
Profile Joined October 2009
Brazil2534 Posts
January 16 2010 19:33 GMT
#13
On January 17 2010 04:25 Mothxal wrote:
No Portugese? I always thought Brazil was a growing market as far as gaming is concerned, and Portugal must have a not-too-awful market share as well.



dead wrong haha. we are a growing market for piracy and free stuff...

PPL unfortunately don't give their money into original things...
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Kaniol
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Poland5551 Posts
January 16 2010 19:46 GMT
#14
I'm wondering. Probably as always we will have only Polish version available, BUT Blizzard offers option to download games from their site if you have proper CD-KEY.
Does anyone know if you can which select language version you download while using this option?
Lyzon
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United Kingdom440 Posts
January 16 2010 20:12 GMT
#15
On January 17 2010 04:46 Kaniol wrote:
I'm wondering. Probably as always we will have only Polish version available, BUT Blizzard offers option to download games from their site if you have proper CD-KEY.
Does anyone know if you can which select language version you download while using this option?


my guess is what ever local your cd key is from, thats what lang you download
D10
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Brazil3409 Posts
January 16 2010 20:42 GMT
#16
On January 17 2010 04:25 Mothxal wrote:
No Portugese? I always thought Brazil was a growing market as far as gaming is concerned, and Portugal must have a not-too-awful market share as well.


Brazil sure is a growing market for all things, and SC2 will sell a few thousand copies here, but im darn glad its coming in english and not in portuguese =)

Translations are lame and take away from the inherent feel of the game.

And maybe because of piracy but blizzard has thousands of Brazilian players in wow, and its other games, if they cared about translating stuff into portuguese they would have done it long time ago.

I honestly dont know why gaming companies care so little about the Brazilian market, but after a while it starts to become a mutual feeling, and in many cases peoples games will be DLed/pirated simply because theres no alternative to get them, or the government imposed fees on imports make the game cost like 80 dollars.

Almost everyone I know has bough an original Blizzard game at some point in their life because bnet is awesome and any gamer know playing on it is a marvelous investment, that said I dont know why they dont invest a little more in us to try to bring more people to the light side, there will be no way to play sc2 pirate anyways.

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banana
Profile Joined January 2009
Netherlands1189 Posts
January 16 2010 20:51 GMT
#17
Thank god for no dutch, even translating some terms for fun in dutch sounds hilarious. (obviously since market is too small for the dutch speaking community)
beetlelisk
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Poland2276 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-16 22:58:44
January 16 2010 22:49 GMT
#18
On January 17 2010 01:45 Latham wrote:
Ugh oh God I was hoping it wouldn't come out in Polish -.- (but I guess it was predictable since wc3 came out in polish also)

The thing is in Poland you cannot buy a game in the English language version if there is a Polish version available. All the damned retailers and translating companies release games in Polish only. They don't even give you the option of choosing between PL/EN which pisses me off to no end.
All the games that I have in Polish have such corny translations and crappy VAs it makes me want to get into the foetus position and cry myself to sleep.

The only advantage in buying games in Poland is that it's usually 1/2 or even 1/3 the price for which it sells here in western Europe.

But I guess it's the same here in Belgium. When I go to the store all I see is French/Flemish language versions -.- no English option what so ever.

Guess I'll have to buy from amazon.co.uk like I do with all my games ;\

I totally agree and the sad thing is it's forced because of money - if English would be free to choose people would import games from for example Poland what would lower sales somewhere else.
This is why I am sure we won't see any downloading like Kaniol wrote happening.

If only voice actors could at least sound not retarded but natural :/ belief that computer games are mainly for kids is huge factor here imo, it's also what saved W3 translation - the exception that proves the rule.


edit: lol I love 1st comment under this news
Even with all my love to my native language...

It's not suitable to Star

It's like to shave a horse, paint it in black with white stripes and proudly say - zebra :/

wwww
nimbim
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany985 Posts
January 17 2010 00:59 GMT
#19
On January 17 2010 04:46 Kaniol wrote:
I'm wondering. Probably as always we will have only Polish version available, BUT Blizzard offers option to download games from their site if you have proper CD-KEY.
Does anyone know if you can which select language version you download while using this option?


atm you select the language of the game when entering the cd-key. just select english and youre fine
Error Ash
Profile Joined July 2008
Germany177 Posts
January 17 2010 01:52 GMT
#20
Bah, german versions always suck... I guess i will buy the german version but download the english DVD images and play in english... Works well with most other games (at least SC1 and WC3).
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