Work on Shion was started in early March of this year and has taken nearly four months to complete. For compensation, Dark Translations uses a system of commissions (a total of $750 in this case), which has been somewhat controversial. Commissions are pledged at first to determine which game to translate and must be paid in full before the full translation patch can be released. However, once the patch is released, it is available to the public.

AKATSUKI WORK’s Devils Devel Concept, originally released on February 26, 2009 in Japan, is the newest game Dark Translations is tackling. In contrast to previous games this group has worked on, DDC is much more story driven and is described by the translator as being “a bit more mainstream and story-orientated than what [he's] done thus far.” The translator mentions in a later post that the material has presented some difficulties but that things should pick up.