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Mere minutes before launch, Amazon announced there’s been a hold-up.

They say they hope to patch up the “deployment issues” “in a matter of hours”.

Assorted wizards facing a giant monster in a Lost Ark screenshot.

“We hope to have this resolved in a matter of hours, and we appreciate your patience.

That’s a lot of pressure.

Given theserver shortages which dogged New World, you’d hope Amazon would be better prepared this time.

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I suppose we’ll see soon if this delay is the only hiccup.

Amazon are bringing it over our way, with changes including making the free-to-play monetisation less horrible.

It’ll beon Steamwhen it is, y’know, actually out.

For now, watchthe game’s Twitterfor updates.