This means that, although Lost Ark has been available to Lost Ark Boosting play for play in South Korea and other regions for a while now, those in the West who purchased a pre-order of the Lost Ark Founder's Pack on Steam could also start playing the game yesterday (February 8).
You're still able to start playing the game today in the event that you decide to purchase an Founder's Pack for the MMO through Steam (each of that comes with a selection of game-related rewards as well as early access to the game's title).
If you're not looking to purchase the Lost Ark Founder's Pack and simply want to play the game when it is out of Early Access and becomes a accessible, free-to play title that's available to the public? The good news is , you'll be able to have the chance to do that.
Lost Ark is set to be publically released via Steam as a free-to-play game on the 11th of February. You can pre-load the game on Steam from now (its download size is around 70GB), but unless you're looking to purchase a Founder's Pack between now and the time of release, you'll need to wait for the title to be completely unlocked prior to being capable of playing it.
The release time...well, that's a little difficult. Ideally, the free-to-play version of buy Lost Ark Gold will launch via Steam on February 11, at the following times:
9 AM PST
12 12:30 PM EST
5 PM GMT
6 PM CET