Writer Andrew Dice, whose work helped popularize Japanese indies like Recettear in the West, has died

Stylized illustration of deceased videogame writer Andrew Dice, sourced from his bio page on the Carpe Fulgur website.

Writer Andrew Dice, one half of videogame localization team Carpe Fulgur, has died. The news was shared to Twitter on September 25 by Dice's friend and collaborator at Carpe Fulgur, Robin Light-Williams. Carpe Fulgur focused on localizing obscure or otherwise overlooked Japanese games, and was among the first companies to bring Japanese indies to Steam.

"I am very sorry to announce that my friend and business partner, Andrew Dice, has passed away," Light-Williams wrote. "Pursuant to that, Carpe Fulgur will be ceasing operations. As written in our contracts I will be remitting rights to our translations of indie games we published to the developers who will hopefully be able to sell them on Steam for everyone to have.