In the MMORPG Lost Ark, new clues about a release in the West are emerging. At least, there are glimmers of hope. One lead comes via my.com in Russia, the other through Korean trailers. Will the online role-playing game finally reach us in Germany and Europe?
What is the situation with Lost Ark? The MMORPG Lost Ark is currently playable in some parts of the world, but not here in Germany yet. Those who want to play Lost Ark in Germany have to take some detours.
The developers at Smilegate have stated they are planning the release of the MMORPG for the global market – but there is still no concrete release date for Lost Ark in Europe and North America. Many players here wish to try out the Korean action MMORPG.
Now, there are two developments that give new hope.
Hope 1: Russians bring store to Europe – Lost Ark included?
This is the news: The Russian gaming publisher “My.Games” has now announced plans to go “global”. My.Games is the gaming division of “Mail.ru”, a huge Russian corporation.
They want to launch their “My.Games Store” worldwide in Q4 2019, thus offering their free-to-play games and premium titles to an even larger audience.
In the current Russian version of this store, Lost Ark is already visible, alongside titles like Conqueror’s Blade or Warface. We in the West cannot access the version – My.com has installed an IP block.
My.Games claims that they have had a lot of success in Eastern Europe, and now they plan to reach both a Russian and a global audience.
It is said that this step gives their international partners the chance to reach a large audience and players would then have more games to choose from.
Lost ARK – Release still in 2019 with the new shop?
Is Lost Ark included? We do not know that at the moment. Lost Ark has not properly launched in Russia yet. However, My.Games holds the rights in the Russian market via my.com.
It is quite plausible that we could play Lost Ark in the West via the then-international My.com Store in Q4 2019 if My.com comes to an agreement with Smilegate.
This would also explain why we have not heard anything about a West release until now, if they have been planning this deal for a while. However, localization into English would have to be underway by then.
Hope 2: The Koreans are now making trailers in English
This is the news: About two weeks ago, Lost Ark released three TV trailers for the new class “Assassin”. All of them have an English audio track, although they are made for the Korean audience.
This could indicate that Smilegate is planning to bring Lost Ark to the West after all – or the English voice is just in there because English sounds cool to Koreans.
However, receiving news about Lost Ark at the Gamescom 2019 already seems unlikely. Although no one saw the news about the West release of Phantasy Star Online 2 at E3 coming either.
