ASTRA: Knights of Veda Drops Dub, Joining Language-Lockout Trend

ASTRA: Knights of Veda Bids Farewell to English Dubbing

Following a trend among gacha games, ASTRA: Knights of Veda will be removing its English voice-over option after maintenance on January 23, 2025. This decision, announced by developer FLINT on January 20th, aims to bolster game stability and improve localization quality.

The January 23rd maintenance will also remove support for German, Spanish, Portuguese, Indonesian, and Italian. However, Korean, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, French, Thai, and Russian will remain. Importantly, while English text support persists, in-game voice acting will default to Japanese for players outside Korea. FLINT assures players this change won't impact their ability to chat in any previously supported language.

This isn't an isolated incident. Several other gacha games have made similar adjustments:

• War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius: Square Enix removed English voice-overs for new content starting in May 2024, prioritizing Japanese for future updates.
• Aether Gazer: Yostar Games completely removed English dubbing in February 2024 due to financial constraints, refocusing resources on gameplay and future content.
• Snowbreak: Containment Zone: Amazing Seasun Games removed English voice-overs in December 2023 after assessing player preferences and optimizing the gaming experience.

The trend suggests a prioritization of either player language preferences (favoring the most widely used language) or resource management. Maintaining English voice-overs for extended periods in gacha games, with their ongoing content releases, can be costly. By reallocating resources, developers aim for long-term game health and improvements to features players value most.