Drova - Forsaken Kin News

[p]Dear Travellers of the Otherworld![/p][p]
It’s quite the announcement time for us. After we welcomed players from China last week, today the Korean Update has been released for Drova after a successful headstart on Stove.[/p][p]We’ve partnered up with Smilegate for the Korean version and are super proud on what the team achieved with a top notch translation. We hope that the people from Korea can now enjoy the otherworld Drova even more![/p][p]In the meantime, feel free to vote for Drova in the Steam Awards season, we're thankful for every additional review! [/p][p]Next up: Traditional Chinese, Polish and Spanish. We'll let you know more about the exact timings once we're closer to a possible release of these languages.[/p]

[p]Dear Travellers of the Otherworld![/p][p][/p][p]Never ever could we have imagined what Drova would mean for us. Never ever could we have predicted how the game would blow up and never ever would we have been able to foresee the countries in which it would become that popular. We created a game for ourselves, a game we were missing since the days we played Gothic. We never made a secret out of our inspirations.[/p][p]
Obviously that led to a situation where we knew that Europe and especially also eastern Europe (yes, Polish is still in the works and will follow in Q1) could be potentially strong markets. And sure, the USA because it is still one of the biggest markets available. But we never expected the game to become so insanely popular in China. Or Korea. Especially since these regions were not the core markets of our inspirations either. And especially since Drova, just from its looks and gameplay, is not the typical game succeeding in these markets.[/p][p]
And yet, here we are. The game gained so much interest that we were able to sign up with strong partners. And today, finally, Simplified Chinese (Traditional will follow later this year or early next year) has been released. And next week, on the 27th November, Korean will follow (currently also available to PreOrder via Stove, unlocking tomorrow there) here on Steam.[/p][p]
We couldn’t be more happy with the teams we partnered up with. We know we were lucky in first place. And with our new partners (and friends to be honest) we ended up with even more people believing in our vision.[/p][p]
But now: Welcome to our new players from China who previously couldn’t understand the game. We hope you’ll enjoy your journey through the land of Drova.[/p][p]
We also fixed some bugs we got reported over the last weeks. Here is a short changelog with all the fixes.[/p][h3]
Changelog:[/h3]

• [p]Fixed: Player can't find Diemo in Chapter 4 if he started, but didn’t finish the confrontation with the mighty boar at the Grove of Sparks [/p]
• [p]Fixed: Sometimes text bubbles didn't disappear [/p]
• [p]Fixed: Various localization bugs [/p]
• [p]Fixed: Some collider issues resulting in players being stuck [/p]
• [p]Fixed: Render order issues in the Red Tower [/p]
• [p]Fixed: Jeans position wasn’t correctly tracked in the person journal if you did specific things in her quest [/p]
• [p]Fixed: Jennifers position wasn’t correctly tracked in the person journal if you did specific things in her quest [/p]
• [p]Fixed: Juri gives the wrong hint when player is fighting against Liandra in the Arena[/p]

[p]Dear Travellers of the Otherworld![/p][p]We are happy to announce Drova now has an official Chinese name 困兽之国.[/p][p]And the Simplified Chinese localization goes live on November 19th at 6:00 PM (UTC+8).[/p][p][/p][p]Thanks so much to all our Chinese players for sticking with us! Your enthusiasm, patience, and feedback truly mean a lot.[/p][p]We look forward to meeting you again in 困兽之国.[/p]

[p]Today Drova turned one. And to celebrate the birthday accordingly, we've got some major news for you![/p][p]Yes, Drova as a project came to an end and we are working on something new. And yet, many of you requested a couple of things. Especially additional languages have been requested quite often. But also quite a lot of people were hoping for a physical release. And we've got some news regarding both topics! And more...[/p][p][/p][p]In the following video Chris talks about all the news! The video is in German language but English subtitles and a generated English dub are available![/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][h2]Physical Edition[/h2][p]We've teamed up with Limited Run to give you a unique opportunity to get Drova on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5 as a physical Release. Take your chance to add Drova to your shelves, now. Or, uhm, soon, Pre-Orders start in two days, on the 17th October and will end a month later on 16th November.[/p][p]Pre-Order here[/p][p][/p][h2]Mobile version[/h2][p]Part of our studio culture has always been to let as many players experience our games as possible. And that also means being able to play Drova no matter the device of their choice. And we also love technical challenges to be honest.[/p][p]That's why we started an experiment. Would it be possible to port Drova for mobile devices?[/p][p]Well. The answer is yes. We were even surprised by how good it worked out and we now want to invite you to participate in a Closed Beta. That way you can give it a try yourself![/p][p][/p][p]The Closed Beta will run from 7th November till 23rd November.[/p][p]You can sign up today till 22nd October.[/p][p]Join our Discord to register. In the category "Mobile Closed Beta" there is a Channel named "register". If you type /register in there and add a small text, you get a chance to participate. Our Closed Beta Bot will then contact you and ask you for your mobile device to make sure we have a broader range of devices to test on. Sadly we have to limit the number of participants to make sure we don't get the same bug reports too often. We were thinking about 20 people but that may change. If you've been picked you'll learn once the registration ends.[/p][p]The data collected for the registration and organization of the closed beta will be used by us exclusively for the purpose of the closed beta. After the closed beta has ended, we will promptly delete the data as soon as we no longer need it to improve the game.[/p][p]Please only register for the Closed Beta if you have quite some time available during the test phase. The estimated playtime for the game is around 40 hours.[/p][p]The exact release of the mobile version of Drova depends a bit on the feedback we get during the Closed Beta. We are positive however to get the game out in the first Quarter of 2026.[/p][p][/p][p]Join our discord![/p][p][/p][h2]Languages[/h2][p]We heard your feedback and there will be more languages coming to Drova![/p][p][/p][p]With more than 250k words it is quite expensive for us as small indie team to offer additional languages. A more detailed statement from our Publisher, to give you an overview about what an additional language means, can be found here in the forums on Steam.[/p][p]Still we've decided together with Deck13 to offer two additional translations. Work has already begun quite some time ago and once again Warlocs will be doing the translations. This time for Spanish and Polish. For some Asian languages we've teamed up with regional publishers we trust. [/p][p] The following languages will soon be available for Drova:[/p]

• [p]Korean: November (In cooperation with Smilegate/Stove)[/p]
• [p]Simplified Chinese: November (Partner will be announced soon)[/p]
• [p]Traditional Chinese: Q1 2026[/p]
• [p]Spanish: Q1 2026[/p]
• [p]Polish: Q1 2026[/p]

[p]We're super excited to allow more players understand the world of Drova. And we are really looking forward to your feedback. Keep in mind that translations are a dynamic process and dates may change a bit here and there depending on the progress the translators make.[/p][p][/p][h2]Christmas Event[/h2][p]Once again we want to celebrate Christmas with our community. Come to our Discord and participate in our Christmas Riddles. Every week another riddle will be published. All of them related to the world of Drova. And every Sunday we'll raffle a winner among all those who answered correctly. [/p][p]Winners will get one of four exciting prices which have been created for this event only![/p][p][/p]

[p]Dear Travellers of the Otherworld![/p][p][/p][p]We will have some news very soon regarding Drova. Give us two more days. But in the meantime, we would like to recommend another game which just released on Steam (And Nintendo Switch). Spindle from our friends from Wobble Ghost just released and if you love oldschool Zelda-experiences (especially Phantom Hourglass) you should give this one a try![/p][p][/p][p]There is now also a Bundle available so you can save a few percentages as well when you already own Drova.[/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]Read you all in two days![/p]