> ## Documentation Index
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# Localization and globalization overview

> Localize and globalize GDK titles for XBOX consoles with MicrosoftGame.config strings, NLS APIs, per-locale resources, and Partner Center service surfaces.

XBOX supports multiple languages and locales.

Localization in GDK titles covers:

* Package shell visuals (display name, description)
* In-title resources (strings, images)
* National Language Support (NLS) APIs

## Topics

| Topic                                                                                                             | Description                                                                       |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [**MicrosoftGame.config localization**](/build/core-features/common/game-config/MicrosoftGameConfig-Localization) | Localize shell-visible display strings using `.resw` files and `makepkg localize` |
| **Console-supported languages**                                                                                   | The full list of languages the console can render                                 |
| **Determining console locale and language**                                                                       | APIs to read locale/language preferences                                          |
| **Supported NLS functions**                                                                                       | NLS APIs available in `WINAPI_FAMILY_GAMES`                                       |
| **Game supported and unsupported locales**                                                                        | Handle locales your game does not localize                                        |

## Localizing XBOX services surfaces

The topics above cover localizing your title's own resources and shell package. For content that lives in XBOX services — Rich Presence templates, achievement titles and descriptions, event names, Featured Stat labels — author localized variants in Partner Center and let the platform's language fallback chain serve the right language per player.

See [Localized strings and XBOX Services language fallback](/services/xbox-services/community/localized-strings/live-localized-strings-config) for the authoring workflow, supported locales, and fallback behavior.

## See also

* [Localization (GDK)](/build/game-principles/localization) — implementation guide: `MicrosoftGame.config` resources, `GetUserPreferredUILanguages`, MUI, NLS APIs, Intelligent Delivery language recipes.
* [Localized strings (XBOX Services)](/services/xbox-services/community/localized-strings/live-localized-strings-config) — Partner Center authoring and language fallback for service-hosted strings.
* [Rich presence](/services/xbox-services/community/presence/live-presence-overview) — localized presence templates.
* [Achievements](/services/xbox-services/player-data/achievements/index) — localized titles, descriptions, and unlock messages.
* [MicrosoftGame.config localization](/build/core-features/common/game-config/MicrosoftGameConfig-Localization) — shell-visible package strings.

## Related API documentation

* [XGameRuntime features reference](/reference/system/xgameruntimefeature/xgameruntimefeature_members) — `XGameRuntimeLocale`, `XPackageGetUserLocale`
* [MicrosoftGame.config elements reference](/reference/system/microsoftgameconfig/elements/gc-microsoftgameconfig-toc) — localized manifest schema
* [XPackage API reference](/reference/system/xpackage/xpackage_members) — locale-aware package queries


## Related topics

- [Services C API overview - PFLocalization.h](/services/playfab/api-references/c/pflocalization/pflocalization_members.md)
- [Services C API overview - PFLocalizationTypes.h](/services/playfab/api-references/c/pflocalizationtypes/pflocalizationtypes_members.md)
- [Localization of packaged resources](/build/game-principles/localization/localization-of-packaged-resources.md)
- [Console-supported languages](/build/game-principles/localization/console-supported-languages.md)
- [Determining console locale and language](/build/game-principles/localization/determining-console-locale.md)