Lost Ark Hits 500,000 Concurrent Steam Players Before Its Full Launch
The upcoming massively multiplayer online action role-playing game Lost Ark has already hit 500,000 concurrent players on Steam before its full launch in the West. A North American and European release of the fantasy video game was announced back in June of last year, with Lost Ark confirmed during Summer Games Fest. Developed by Tripod Studio and Smilegate, Lost Ark originally launched in Korea in 2018. Now Amazon Games will publish the Korean RPG in North America, Europe, Latin America, and Oceania.
Lost Ark follows the player as they search the fictional world of Arkesia for the Ark, a powerful relic capable of sealing away an army of demons. The Ark was once used previously to defeat the invading Kazeros demons, but has since been lost to time. In order to once more stop the invasion, a new generation of heroes must band together to find the Ark. Players in the West will be able to fully experience the world of Arkesia once the English localization of Lost Ark releases on February 11.
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According to the data from SteamDB (via The Gamer), Lost Ark has already hit half a million concurrent players on Steam prior to the game's official launch date. Many already have access to the game thanks to the Founders Edition pre-orders, which offer early access to the title before its wider release. Keys were received from Monday, February 7, offering a few early days of play for eager fans. As the chart shows, the concurrent Steam player milestone was hit Tuesday evening around 7 PM UTC before dipping down to less than a quarter-million on Wednesday morning around 8 AM UTC. The same chart confirms that over a million fans are watching streams of the game on
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