Lost Ark isn't the only free-to-play game to launch in to bombastic numbers. Whether Lost Ark’s Diablo-style action will retain a more consistent player base on Steam remains to be seen. It saw more than 500,000 concurrent players load the game up during its launch week, though the player count has dropped significantly since. Lost Ark marks another success for Amazon Games, following on from the impressive launch of MMORPG New World in September last year. Smilegate expects interest to ratchet up again come launch on Friday, however, and has warned against server queues in advance. Thankfully, it appears that things are back in order, meaning anyone still looking to load the game ahead of launch will find Steam capable of keeping pace. We will continue to monitor the situation. We are now seeing improvements in players being able to download and decrypt the game, and have confirmed this with the team at Valve. The resulting deluge of eager players saw servers crumble, with the developer acknowledging issues on Twitter. Lost Ark opened the gates to preloads this week, allowing players to download the 50GB file size ahead of launch. That success has seen Steam struggle under the weight of interest. The game is also proving highly popular on Twitch, with more than 300k viewers tuning in to see the game in action. Purchasing a Founder’s Pack rewards players with three days of early access, along with a selection of in-game items to boost their starting progress. It currently sits at more than 200,000 concurrent players, with a peak of more than half a million (via Steam Charts ).
Thanks to early access granted by paid Founder’s Packs, the game has already shot up Steam’s player count charts. That hasn’t stopped it from soaring up Steam’s player charts already.
After a partnership with Amazon Games, the online RPG is due to launch for Western audiences via Steam on February 11. Lost Ark, the Amazon Games published free-to-play action-RPG is already proving immensely popular ahead of its full Western release.ĭeveloped by South Korean studio Smilegate - most famous for online FPS CrossFire - Lost Ark has already proven highly popular in Korea, Japan, and Russia.
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