Passing the Torch: New Releases for Front Mission Alternative and Front Mission 2

October 17, 2026 No comments

Hello, Front Mission fans! The OG team have pretty much retired, but we still keep an eye on what’s out there. Recently, a couple of highly motivated and talented fans reached out to us with incredible updates regarding two major projects: an English translation release for Front Mission Alternative and an extension patch for Front […]

Back to the future for our classic theme (iNove)

February 28, 2026 No comments

For many years, the project blog used the iNove theme. This theme was created in 2009 for WordPress 3.x, we sadly had to change the theme to unblock the upgrade to WordPress 6.x It’s 2026 and thanks to some nifty use of AI, we’ve taken the 2009 iNove theme and re-vamped it for 2026 – […]

We are still online, 14 years on

February 23, 2021 7 comments

Just a quick update post that the site is still here and being maintained. A pandemic can’t bring a good translation project site down. A friendly reminder that the main site wiki can be found at https://opticalgarbage.com/frontmission/wiki Lastly if you want to do your bit to help keep the site online for another 14 years […]

6 Years…

December 17, 2013 19 comments

…is a lot of time for things to change. And change they have! Back then, the PlayStation 2/Gamecube/XBox era was still kicking around. Japanese gaming hadn’t completely gone mobile, but then again the whole world wasn’t into the mobile scene yet. And for those of us who grew up playing Japanese games (80s kid right […]