S.Korea's Smilegate RPG named in 3 categories of Steam game awards

The company's hit Lost Ark is honored in the sections Top Sellers, New Releases and Most Played

S.Korea's Smilegate RPG named in 3 categories of Steam game awards
Han-Gyeol Seon 1
2023-01-06 10:49:23 always@hankyung.com
Korean games

South Korea's video game developer Smilegate RPG (Role-playing Games) on Thursday said its leading massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) Lost Ark was named to three categories of the 2022 Steam Awards by Steam, the world's largest PC game platform.

The game was named to Steam's highest-ranking group "Platinum" for Top Sellers, New Releases and Most Played.

Top Sellers is a title that goes to games with the most sales in a year, New Releases to those with the highest gross revenue in the first two weeks of release and Most Played to those with more than 40,000 concurrent users.

Players of Lost Ark in Korea use Smilegate's game platform Stove, but those in the US, Europe, South America and Australia play it via Steam.

Lost Ark has received praise from Western gamers and awards like Best Action RPG from the North American game media company MMORPG.com based on player votes.

"We will make efforts to release even better games in 2023 to not feel ashamed of our fan support," said Smilegate RPG CEO Ji Won-gil.

Write to Han-Gyeol Seon at always@hankyung.com
#lost ark smilegate steam #korea rpg lost ark platinum #korea smilegate top sellers new releases #lost ark mmorpg smilegate best game

Corporate restructure inevitable at Smilegate as founder faces divorce

Corporate restructure inevitable at Smilegate as founder faces divorce

Smilegate Holdings CVO Kwon Hyuk-bin founded the game company in 2002 South Korea's fifth-richest man Kwon Hyuk-bin and his wife Lee Hwa-jin appear to be headed for divorce, according to industry insiders on Monday. The self-made billionaire is the founder and chief visionary officer (CVO)

Smilegate’s Lost Ark becomes second most played game on Steam

Smilegate’s Lost Ark becomes second most played game on Steam

Smilegate's Lost Ark is one of the world's most favorite games Smilegate Entertainment Inc.’s Lost Ark has become the second most played game within a couple of days after its launch on Steam, the world’s largest PC game distribution platform.Lost Ark, a massively multiplayer online

Smilegate becomes 5th game firm to join trillion won club

Smilegate becomes 5th game firm to join trillion won club

Lost Ark, a popular MMORPG game developed by Smilegate Smilegate Entertainment Inc. has become the fifth South Korean game company to join the trillion won club, as it posted a revenue of 1.73 trillion won ($1.5 billion) with an operating profit of 364.6 billion won in 2020, up by 14% and 26% f
(* comment hide *}