post-production services, but it wasn’t until 2005, when we moved to our office in Marbella, that we had the opportunity to build a recording studio.


Was Localsoft the first company to get into localisation? What was the competition like at the time? We were definitely one of the first. When I started as a freelance translator in 1988, I don’t remember there being any video game localisation companies. There was little to no competition back then. I remember at the time,


one of my father’s international clients asked me what I did for a living. I replied: “I translate video games” and he looked at me as if I had thrown my career down the toilet. If he had only lived to see how much the videogames industry has evolved since 1988! By the time Localsoft was formally established ten years later in 1998, there was some local and international competition, but nothing compared to today, where everyone wants to be part of the games industry.


Why is the company headquartered in Malaga? Our headquarters is located at the Malaga TechPark, which provides the necessary infrastructure for continued growth and success. Málaga is quickly becoming one of Spain’s


main points of attraction due to its weather, culture and gastronomy, amongst many other things. The Málaga international airport, the fourth busiest airport in Spain, is just a 20-minute drive from our office, as is the city centre and the beach. Malaga has 245 days of sun a year, an average temperature of 18ºC, 56 golf courses, 16 international schools, 1.6 million inhabitants and more than 140 nationalities, and has become one of the best places to live and work in Spain. But above all, Málaga offers a high


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