LOST ARK JP Service Termination in March
Pmang which publishes Lost Ark in Japan, announced they will shutting down Lost Ark on March 20th.As the announcement notes, they began servicing the game since September 2020. As is…
LOST ARK – This is what Gold River/Smilegate RPG Don’t Get
By primarily focusing on this item level treadmill design (because of the end game raid focus), the following casual type of experience is why a good portion of this demographic,…
LOST ARK 2024 Roadmap = Great IF You Enjoy the Item Level Treadmill
This roadmap (part 1) for the first couple of months for Lost Ark, pretty much highlights why I don't see myself returning to it anytime soon (if at all). This…
LOST ARK MOBILE – G-STAR 2023
The following are some of the PR videos released; the first one is a "making" video of their booth setup (which also included a VR viewing section) while the second…
Lost Ark Jump-Start Is Not It (for addressing the retention issue)
As I noted in several updates in this previous posting (regarding these jump-start/fresh start servers), the jump-start aspect primarily focuses on fast vertical progression with gear/item level to get players…
Lost Ark September Update/Fresh Start Info Posted
Amazon Games (AGS) posted a more detailed article regarding the actual update and the jump (fresh) start servers that will be going live after the September 13th maintenance. Original founders…
Smilegate RPG Posts LOST ARK KR Thaemine Cinematic
This is a "bust the budget" sort of cinematic trailer on par with Blizzard Entertainment ones. I recall the Legacy of the Void trailer (and how long [~1 year]…
Amazon Games Posts Details about the Fresh (Jump) Start Servers for Lost Ark
https://www.playlostark.com/en-us/news/articles/jump-start-server-update It looks like they will be running them for at least six months before merging them into the existing servers. IMHO (and as stated before), this really won't bring…