As MMO gaming grows throughout the world, gaming companies are utilizing the tools available to them and setting out to create games globally. No more "All your base are belong to us" translations and half attempts at localization, NCsoft is going above and beyond with a neat and tidy westernization of Aion.

Unlike many of its predecessors, Aion has undergone a full face lift for NA consumption in their attempt to bring eastern and western together in harmonious gaming bliss. From the big things that we see, like in-game text, to the bigger things we don't see, like optimization of localized servers, westernization touches every aspect of the game. When players get in game, the entire goal is for them to feel as though the game had been built that way from the beginning because in some ways, it truly was.

Find out what it takes to take a game across seas in this editorial "Explaining Westernization". Be sure to join the conversation by clicking the "Post your comments" link below!