Publisher known in the west primarily for Skysaga and Lost Ark.
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Why I Play: Examining why Lost Ark has me so hooked
Lost Ark has hooked me pretty deeply. I’m just over 30 levels and five or so days into the game right now, which sometimes...
Lost Ark addresses stability, queue, and missing content issues
Even citing an "amazing first week" for Lost Ark, Amazon can't deny that the MMOARPG has seen its fair share of launch struggles. The...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best boats as of 2022?
In fewer than two weeks, Guild Wars 2 is getting something we've never had before in the game: boats. In fact, you might even...
Lost Ark is adding a whole new region in Europe to deal with its massive player counts
The massive launch of Lost Ark this past weekend shuffled Steam's records and blasted past New World's peak concurrency as the game met a...
Lost Ark eclipses 1.3M players in its second full day of launch as it continues to manage global server load
We are now past day two of the free-to-play launch of MMOARPG Lost Ark and the game continues to make headlines. Over the course...
Lost Ark promises to manage server limits and queues as over 1M players arrive for free-to-play launch
As those who have been following along already know, the free-to-play launch of Lost Ark was an unsurprisingly bumpy ride, with a multi-hour delay,...
Over a hundred New World servers are affected by today’s merge round
The merges continue over in Amazon's New World as the company contends with its shrinking playerbase: Where last fall the game peaked at over...
Lost Ark’s launch has been mired in delays and issues, but it’s live now
(We're updating this post with the latest news on the delay and the launch as it happens. The original article follows!)
Yesterday, we noted that...
New World cleans up bugs, preps South American server merges
While part of Amazon Games is busy shepherding the Lost Ark headstart, another part is focused on getting New World's February update out the...
No, you’re not in trouble if Lost Ark awarded you multiple founder packs
(We've updated the end of this article with Amazon's latest announcement about this issue.)
Blink and you missed it: An odd bug with Lost Ark's...
The Stream Team: Joining in on the head start launch of Lost Ark
After quite some time, Lost Ark has finally made it to the west, and MOP's Chris has already been in the world of Arkesia...
New World had to disable its Valentine’s cosmetics over… crash bugs
Lost Ark may be Amazon's new baby, but that doesn't mean New World is being entirely neglected, even with an ever-ensmallening playerbase. This week,...
Over half a million people showed up at the same time to play Lost Ark’s headstart last night
In spite of its rocky start on Steam, Lost Ark has already rocketed to (almost) the top of the charts, even before its free-to-play...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 359: Tearing down the faction wall
Chris, Justin, and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons, World of Warcraft, Blizzard's financials, Star Citizen's roadmap mess, Mortal Online 2's rollback, New World's merges, and Lost Ark's headstart, with adventures in WoW Classic, Zenith, LOTRO, SWG Legends, and Monster Hunter Rise, plus a mailbag topic on the future of SSG and Daybreak.
Hands-on: Lost Ark is a solid MMO that falls just short of true greatness
After years of waiting, the MMOARPG Lost Ark launches in the west today, at least for those who bought founder's packs. The rest of...
Lost Ark’s headstart begins today at noon – here’s the new trailer and patch notes
(We've updated the end of this article with the latest on the download issues.)
It's launch day for Lost Ark, sort of, as headstart is...
PSA: Lost Ark can be pre-loaded today whether you’re a founder’s pack buyer or not
Today is the day that Lost Ark can be installed on potential players' computers. It can't actually be launched or played yet - that...
No, Lost Ark isn’t giving away unlimited founder packs, but the whole thing is definitely a mess
A tiny storm is beginning to brew across the Lost Ark community: The so-called "Ark Week extravaganza" - the week of programming on Amazon's...
Lost Ark cranks up pre-launch excitement with videos on voice acting and classes
We are now a week away -- less, for those who purchased founder's packs -- of the launch of Lost Ark, and excitement is...
Lost Ark preps promotional ‘Ark Week extravaganza’ with Amazon’s Crown channel
If you thought New World's crossover with Amazon's Wheel of Time TV series was wild, wait until you see what the company is doing...
