The title was released exclusively in Japan on July 1, 2010. It is the third game in the Digimon Story series, part of the greater Digimon franchise. Digimon Story: Lost Evolution ( Japanese: デジモンストーリー ロストエボリューション, Hepburn: Dejimon Sutōrī Rosuto Eboryūshon) is a role-playing video game published by Bandai Namco Games for the Nintendo DS.