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The date has finally arrived for the start of general access to Shadow Arena! And we mean that quite literally. The date for when everyone can get in has arrived. Literally, the date itself. The date in question is May 21st. Now is not that day. Tomorrow isn’t looking likely either, being as it is not May 21st. You get the general idea.
[AL:SA]Once the 21st does roll around, though, the game will be available on Steam as a free-to-play title for everyone to enjoy. There’s even a new early access trailer available just below if you’d like to get hyped up for the game now, or you can check back through all of our coverage of this Black Desert arena spinoff just below if you’d prefer. You can also wishlist the game on Steam to get reminded of when you can download it. Heck, given that May 21st is about a month away, you’ll have time to do all of the above.
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Source: Press release