S ubrzanim razvojem i velikim rastom popularnosti video igara, u posljednjih nekoliko godina industrija video igara doživjela je značajan proces globalizacije. Video igre danas su bitan faktor u industriji digitalne zabave i privlače mnoge igrače, bez obzira na spol, dob, društveni, politički ili ekonomski status. Ta popularnost i brz razvoj video igara dovode do sve veće potrebe da tvrtke svoje video igre učine dostupnim što većem broju ljudi kako bi se postigao visok povrat financijskih ulaganja. Stoga je očita želja i potreba da se video igre ciljano prilagode svim potencijalnim korisnicima, ma gdje god se oni nalazili. To je iznimno važan čimbenik zadovoljstva igrača, i kao takav vrlo je važan u savladavanju jezične barijere, promociji međunarodnog imidža tvrtke te postizanju dobrih poslovnih rezultata. No, to znači da je video igru potrebno prilagoditi velikom broju jezika, kulturnim razlikama, načinima govora i razmišljanja, a ujedno kako bi se uklonilo sve ono što nije prikladno za ciljano tržište. Jedno od mogućih rješenja za prilagodbu međunarodnom tržištu svakako je lokalizacija, čijom se primjenom nastoje zadovoljiti potrebe svih igrača i tržišta. Video igre, međutim, imaju specifične značajke koje ih razlikuju od ostalih medija, budući da su u središtu interakcija igrača i grafički elementi igre, što je jedinstveno u odnosu na prevođenje romana ili igranog filma. Ovaj rad daje pregled strategija za prilagodbu video igara te karakteristike tijeka prilagodbe, s posebnim osvrtom na pristup lokalizacije kao i probleme i otvorena pitanja u procesu prilagodbe video igara međunarodnom tržištu. With the rapid development and great growth in popularity of video games, the video game industry has undergone a significant process of globalization in recent years. Video games are an essential factor in the digital entertainment industry today and attract many players, regardless of gender, age, social, political or economic status. This popularity and rapid development of video games is leading to the growing need for companies to make their video games available to as many people as possible in order to achieve a high return on fi nancial investments. Therefore, there is an obvious desire and need for video games to be tailored to all potential users, wherever they are. This is an extremely important factor in player satisfaction, and as such is very important in overcoming the language barrier, promoting the company’s international image and achieving good business results. But this means that the video game needs to be adapted to a large number of languages, cultural diff erences, ways of speaking and thinking, and at the same time to remove everything that is not suitable for the target market. One of the possible solutions for adapting to the international market is certainly localization, the application of which seeks to meet the needs of all players and markets. Video games, however, have specific features that distinguish them from other media, as they focus on player interactions and graphic elements of a game, which is unique compared to translating a novel or film. This paper provides an overview of video game adaptation strategies and the characteristics of the adaptation flow, with special emphasis on the localization approach as well as problems and open issues in the process of adapting video games to the international market.