In a surprise announcement, Korean developer Smilegate announced it has signed a contract with Mail.Ru for the local Russian server of Lost Ark. Perhaps Russia’s biggest internet company, Mail.Ru is the company behind Russia’s most popular social network VKontakte and also English gaming platform My.com. It is important to stress that though the contract has been signed, it is still early stages of actual negotiations of localizing the Lost Ark, hence there is no schedule announced. Stay tuned for more news on Lost Ark!