For many gamers, Working Designs was synonymous with import game localization excellence. The company was responsible for the translation of the fabled Lunar series from Game Arts. Working Designs also brought some key titles to the Sega Saturn, including Shining Wisdom, Dragon Force, and Iron Storm. The company also was known for its extreme attention to detail, in both its localization efforts and the packaging for its games. Unfortunately, this may have also led to long delays for some of the company’s releases; many of the delays may not have been the fault of Working Designs, but they certainly contributed to its demise. The company officially announced its closure on December 12, 2005.

Now, through an entry in the blog of Corbie Dillard, comes news that Victor Ireland may be staging a comeback. The former head of Working Designs apparently has a new company, Gaijinworks. Gaijinworks has only a placeholder website at the moment, but Dillard quotes Ireland, “I’m not done bringing JRPGs to the US yet. Keep an eye on gaijinworks.com and we should have something more interesting than a placeholder there by the Fall.”