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A new Square Enix role-playing game that isn't built around the Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest franchises? Is there really such a thing?

ELLARK is a new RPG and MMO for mobile phones, set to be released in June. Although few gameplay details have been revealed – other than it will involve using your phone's mail to communicate with other players – the most surprising part of the announcement is that the game will be released simultaneously on all of Japan's three major mobile providers (DoCoMo, AU, and SoftBank).

Also, even though access to the game will be free, microtransaction payments will be included, using a currency based on a service called MobiCoin.

ELLARK [via Kotaku]

Image: Jean Snow/Wired.com




