AGDC 07: Gala-Net Interview with John Young

John Young is a VP of Gala-Net, a North American video game company that localized Asian games for the North American market and distributes them through GPotato.com. At AGDC, he spoke to us about Upshift StrikeRacer, their latest game.

"[Gala-Net provided] localizations and culturalization," for the game. It's originally developer, the Korean company NChannel, made a game that was at its core fun, but likely not of much interest to the average North American. Young explained some of the ways they made sure it would be.

One way they made the game feel more Western was through its music. They hired composer Kevin Manthei to do the first pass at the music. A traditional composer, Manthei has made a reputation through his work on Resident Evil, Twisted Metal and City of Villains, among others. Then to create a kind of contrast and mood that felt appropriate, they brought in Dan Spitz, the lead guitarist of the heavy metal band Anthrax. The combination of their two styles, according to Young, perfectly sets the mood of the game.

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