SIDE, the award-winning provider of game audio services under the PTW family of brands, has recently completed an expansion of its Shanghai studio. SIDE Shanghai now boasts an extra recording facility and expanded office space.

The primary focus of SIDE Shanghai is to deliver authentic audio localization in Chinese for the gaming industry. Recent notable titles supported by SIDE Shanghai include Sifu, Dying Light 2: Stay Human, Final Fantasy XIV, and The Callisto Protocol.

SIDE Shanghai first launched in 2016, offering comprehensive solutions for Chinese dialogue management and voice production for game developers and publishers across the globe. This new expansion enables SIDE Shanghai to add capacity for a larger number of projects while maintaining the exceptional expertise and commitment to game audio excellence that SIDE has built over its 25-year history.

“SIDE Shanghai was the second SIDE site developed and our first outside of the UK back in 2016,” said Olivier Deslandes, Senior VP of Audio at PTW. “Our first studio expansion took place in 2019 and we were happy to see another completed in 2023. We are thrilled to offer more space and a wider scope for Chinese audio localization services to our partners.“

SIDE Shanghai’s expansion forms the latest in a series of exciting global developments for SIDE last year, which included the acquisition of game sound design and music specialist Vibe Avenue becoming SIDE Montreal, as well as the opening of our new SIDE Paris and SIDE Tokyo studios. Looking ahead, SIDE continues to grow its offerings for game developers worldwide, providing unparalleled levels of service, creativity, and passion on an even greater scale.