WALTHAM, Mass. and LOS ANGELES, June 8,
2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:
LIOX) and Rocket Sound, LLC today announced a partnership to
provide end-to-end global audio solutions for game titles — from
original English voice production to global translation and
voiceover services worldwide.
As a world leader in gaming translation and testing solutions,
Lionbridge Game Services provides world-class resources,
technologies, facilities, processes, and tools for multilingual
game production. Rocket Sound is a well-known leader in
original English-language voice production for videogames.
Together, Lionbridge and Rocket Sound provide a complete
suite of voice over audio, localization, testing marketing and
community management services to help clients in the games
publishing industry connect with their global audiences.
"The game industry is now global and has adjusted its thinking:
the 'new normal' requires agile end-to-end translation,
localization QA, and global voiceover services for simultaneous
release of games into multiple markets," said Tugdual Delisle, SVP
Games and Entertainment, Lionbridge. "By partnering with Rocket
Sound, the premier audio production company for videogames in
North America, we offer clients a
robust end-to-end global audio production solution. Together, we
are changing the global audio paradigm."
At the center of the partnership is an end-to-end global audio
solution for game titles — from original English voice production
to global translation and voiceover services worldwide — providing
consistent quality, parity, efficiency, rapid time-to-market, and
access to top-industry audio talent for major platform holders and
AAA publishers.
"The world of global videogame services evolves quickly.
Our partnership with Lionbridge Game Services demonstrates a
commitment to stay ahead of our customers' evolving needs, and
provide them with the deepest possible level of support," said
Tom Hays, president of Rocket Sound.
"Lionbridge shares our commitment to high quality, and adds a
unique global footprint that lets them create a consistent result
across languages worldwide. By combining Rocket Sound's
proven ability to get the industry's best English-language voice
performances into games with Lionbridge's large-scale, top-quality
international voice production abilities, we can ensure
line-for-line consistency for top-quality videogames released in
every market.
About Lionbridge
Lionbridge enables more than 800 world-leading brands to increase
international market share, speed adoption of products and
effectively engage their customers in local markets worldwide.
Using our innovative cloud technology platforms and our global
crowd of more than 100,000 professional cloud workers, we provide
translation, online marketing, global content management and
application testing solutions that ensure global brand consistency,
local relevancy and technical usability across all touch points of
the customer lifecycle. Based in Waltham,
Mass., Lionbridge maintains solution centers in 26
countries. To learn more, visit http://www.lionbridge.com.
About Rocket Sound
Rocket Sound, LLC operates some of
the best-sounding, most flexible audio recording facilities in LA,
bringing myriad possibilities for recording actor performances for
AAA games and animation. The core of Rocket Sound is a group of key
people from the former Technicolor Game Sound Services, the team
that provided sound support on such projects as Halo 4, Gears of
War, Uncharted, Mass Effect, and many others. Rocket Sound is
purpose-built to help our clients succeed in making some of the
best-selling interactive entertainment in the world. For
years, our team has been a trusted partner in high-stakes projects
with unforgiving deadlines and top-rung creative needs. To learn
more visit http://www.rocketsound.net.
Media Contact
Sara
Buda, Lionbridge Technologies
sara.buda@lionbridge.com/978-964-1404
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