Amazon now hope to launch “in a matter of hours”
Update:Atweet on the Lost Ark Twitter accountsays that “all deployment issues have now been resolved” and that Lost Ark will launch at 2:15pm PT / 10:15pm GMT. This tweet was sentat2:15pm PT. Players were still experiencing issues with missing characters after downloading the new patch, however, and soservers have been taken offline"to get this resolved."
Anearlier tweet from the Lost Ark accountsaid that as compensation for the delays they “will add 3 days of Crystalline Aura to all players who log in to the game between launch and 9 AM PT [5 PM UTC] on 2/13 as a small thank you.”
Amazon Games had planned to launchLost Arkat 5pm today, officially opening the free-to-play action-RPG’s gates to all after a paid ‘head start’ period. Well! Mere minutes before launch, Amazon announced there’s been a hold-up. They say they hope to resolve the “deployment issues” “in a matter of hours”. We’ll see!
“Due to deployment issues the Lost Ark launch is unfortunately delayed,” Amazonannouncedabout 15 minutes before it was due to go live. “We hope to have this resolved in a matter of hours, and we appreciate your patience. We want your time in Arkesia to be a great experience and we’re working hard to get Lost Ark live as soon as possible.”
Even at the point where people could only play Lost Ark by buying a Founder’s Pack for access to the ‘head start’ period, it as one of the most-played games on Steam. That’s a lot of pressure. Given theserver shortages which dogged New World, you’d hope Amazon would be better prepared this time. I suppose we’ll see soon if this delay is the only hiccup.
It’ll beon Steamwhen it is, y’know, actually out. For now, watchthe game’s Twitterfor updates.
Ed said in ourLost Ark review-in-progress, “For all its flashy combat and fun moments, the sheer grind to reach its promised endgame may prove too much for many.”
To help get you started, when you eventually can get started, our guidesgang have ranked aLost Ark classes tier listand offer tips onhow to level up fast.
