The South Korean MMO Lost Ark of all is eagerly awaited by action role-playing fans to bridge the waiting time for Diablo 4. Because even if it is essentially an online RPG with hundreds of players, it offers iso-perspective and action-packed Hack'N'Slay snippets.
The European release seemed to be a long way off, but now Lost Ark will land on the international distribution platform my.games
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European release of Lost Ark
The South Korean developer and publisher Smilesgate is behind Lost Ark. However, this is not responsible for sales outside of Korea. After its 2018 release there, the responsibility for the release in Russia was transferred to the publisher Mail.ru in 2019.
Mail.ru has an international distribution platform called my.games, which had previously sold games like Warface, Revelation Online and Skyforge worldwide. A Russian blog post from Mail.ru now says that Lost Ark will be included in the international catalog:
"Some games were already available in the my.games store at the end of 2019 and now it's time for Lost Ark to join the platform as well."
According to the blog post, this integration will take place step by step this spring. But does that automatically mean an EU release? The text says:
"After the integration, our project will also become part of a global platform that brings players from different countries together and gives them access to new services."
Action RPG fans shouldn't be too happy, however, as this could also be a purely technical measure. My.com also writes in the blog entry that "there will be no merger with other regions and no move for the Russian players." We will of course stay tuned for you and asked directly at My.com.
Our Diablo expert Maurice has already struggled through the Russian version of Lost Ark and finds: It makes Diablo 4 look old now, at least in some disciplines.
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Until we get an official release date for Lost Ark in the EU, Maurice has also put together a list of the 5 best Diablo alternatives.
