Videogames-Quality Assurance
… And here You can find some titles on which I worked as ITALIAN LOCALIZATION Q. A. TESTER…
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“SPACE CHANNEL 5, PART 2” (SEGA)
(XBox Marketplace Downloadable Content Edition)
“SPACE CHANNEL 5” is a dance-rhythm game and you will have to step into the go-go boots of ULALA, a hip, dance-happy chick which will have to free trapped innocents by engaging a funky alien race in lavishly choreographed DANCE BATTLES!!!
The GOGO-Dance frenzy, choreographed by NAHOTO NEZU and ANDRE FUENTES, immerses the players in a Space Age that fuses “The Jetsons” with “Buck Rogers”… and you can even find yourself dancing alongside with MICHAEL JACKSON, who plays the role of “Space Michael”!
“VIVA PIÑATA” (RARE)
“Viva Piñata” is a life simulation game developed by Rare, which tasks the player with turning a neglected plot of land into a beautiful garden in order to attract Piñatas, candy-filled creature in most cases inspired by real-world animals. The title has been developed also as a computer-animated television series produced by 4Kids Entertainment.
RARE’s Official Web-Site of “VIVA PIÑATA”
“LORD OF THE RINGS: BATTLE FOR MIDDLE-EARTH 2” (ELECTRONIC ARTS)
A real-time strategy video game developed and published by Electronic Arts. It is based on the Fantasy novels “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” by J. R. R. Tolkien and its live-action film trilogy adaptation.
Set in the regions of northern Middle-earth, the game focuses on the events of the War in the North.
HUGO WEAVING, who played the role of Elrond in “The Lords of the Rings” film trilogy, reprised the role for this title, also acting as the Lead Voice-Over Artist.
“LORD OF THE RINGS: BATTLE FOR MIDDLE-EARTH 2″ on The Internet Movie Database
“PREY” (3D REALM ENTERTAINMENT)
The story focuses on Domasi “Tommy” Tawodi, a Cherokee garage mechanic and former U.S. Army soldier living on a Native American reservation in Oklahoma. After an unfortunate fight occurred in the bar owned by his girlfriend, Jen, the entire building is lifted up by a gravitational force and Tommy, together with Jen and Tommy’s grandfather, Enisi, are transported back to the massive alien star-ship called “The Sphere”.
Tommy witnesses Enisi’s death and, while trying to find Jen, he falls from a walkway and has a near-death experience where he meets with his grandfather’s spirit who bestows him with spiritual powers in order to protect all of mankind from the alien invasion.
The evocative soundtrack of this title was composed by Award-Winning composer JEREMY SOULE (The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Duke Nukem Forever) and his brother, JULIAN SOULE (DUNGEON SIEGE, GUILD WARS).
“CONDEMNED: CRIMINAL ORIGINS” (SEGA)
Ethan Thomas, a Serial Crime Unit Investigator, find himself trapped in the condemned sections of a fictional American city while hunting a serial killer. Thomas’ investigation is further complicated by a mysterious phenomenon that is transforming the population in insane, violent psychotics.
Ethan, framed for a double cop murder, will have to investigate crime scenes in the hopes of catching the killer and prove that he is innocent.
On October 4, 2005, Warner Brothers Studios announced plans to release a film adaptation set in the same “universe” as “Condemned: Criminal Origins”. The Project, titled “The Unforgettable“, is currently in pre-production.