When the game files are locked to a specific language, this file will point to that language (e.g., russian ). If the English files are missing from the game's directory, changing this text file to say english will cause the game to crash on launch, because the game looks for files that don’t exist. How to Fix the "Missing English Localization" Issue To change the game to English, you need two things:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Call of Duty Black Ops III\localization.txt . Call Of Duty Black Ops 3 English Localization.txt
When Black Ops 3 launches, the game engine reads a specific text file to determine which audio and text assets to load. If you bought a region-locked version (such as the Russian or Polish editions) or experienced an interrupted download, Steam may fail to fetch the English assets. This results in a fatal error popup that reads: "ERROR: Could not find zone 'en_core_pre_gfx'" "Localization file 'localization.txt' is missing" When the game files are locked to a