That said, this is still the early access phase for the game, reserved to owners of Founder’s Packs. Lost Ark is officially launching this Friday as a free-to-play game, which means it might very well double or even triple the current peak number of concurrent online players. The early access update also introduced DirectX 11 support (which massively improved performance on most PCs), global chat, custom PvP matches and spectating, and Korean voiceovers as an optional DLC pack. We’ll have a lot more coverage on Lost Ark in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, you can check out our beta hands-on preview.

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