How Acquire re-created Japan's Akihabara district in Akiba's Trip

Re-creating one of the most revered city districts from the ground up requires a lot of ad space.

The developers at Acquire have made a virtual doppelganger of Japan’s Akihabara (or “Akiba”) district twice now. The studio’s nearly exact duplication of the famous geek-centric “Electric Town” is the sole location of the recently released PlayStation 3 and PS Vita action-role-playing game Akiba’s Trip: Undead and Undressed. I recently discussed the effort it took to rebuild one of the most famous neighborhoods on the planet with Tom Lipschultz, the localization specialist at the game’s Western publisher Xseed Games.