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The Journal of Internationalization and Localization
Vol. 9:1 (2022) ► pp.6184
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Gameography

Arafiesta
(Game Power 7 2015).
Fiesta Online
(gamigo AG 2007).
Grand Theft Auto V
(Rockstar Games 2013).
Kakuto Chojin
(Microsoft Game Studios 2002).
Little Big Planet
(Sony Interactive Entertainment 2008).
Pac-Man
(Namco 1980).
Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds PUBG mobile
(Tencent Games 2018).