Lost Ark has hit another major Milestone. After shooting to second place on Steam’s list of all-time ꦡconcurrent users just days after launching, Lost A💖rk as just reported it’s surpassed 20 million global users.
Amazon Games and developer Smilegate issued a press release confirming Lost Ark added 4.7 million users just three days after launching in North America, Europe, South America, and Australia. Nearly a month after launch, that number has grown to more than 10 million, doubling Lost Ark’s total global users. And, according to Smilegate CEO Wongil Chi, that number “is steadily i꧒ncreasing.🃏”
It's not hard to see why. Lost Ark is both a massive commercial success and a critical one, with a score of and . Our own Harry Alston gave Lost Ark a 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:perfect five out of five in 𒐪his review, calling it "a trulyꦕ polished MMO experience,” although not a perfect one.
The initial rush of users completely rammed Lost Ark’s servers, and while North and South America have largely calmed down, Europe’s central server is still 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:a little too congested. This has resulted in several issues with premium time and login queues that have largely been resolved💃, although some server performance issues ꦍremain.
“Overall, the excitement surrounding Lost Ark from around the world is quickly gaining steam, as evidenced by the growing number of global players,” said Christoph Hartmann, VP at Amazon Games. “Together with Smilegate, we are committed to supporting the growing community with a robust roadmap of updates in the years to come.&rd🎀quo;
But with such massive success comes the bain of all popular MMOs: bots. Lost Ark has 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:banned over a million bot accounts so far and continues to investigate reports of botting, which goes against Lost Ark's terms of service. "Maintaining a fair and fun gameplay experience for our players is a top priority for the team," reads a recent blog update on the issue, which promised more banwaves in the future.