The Early Access launch post went up at 17:04 UTC on 4 Nov, right as the first servers opened. The launch patch notes had been published four hours earlier.
What you got at launch
- Two regions: EU and East US.
- At least one fresh server per day in each region, at 17:00 UTC (EU) and 20:00 ET (East US).
- A full wipe every 7 days per server. The first servers, opened on 4 Nov, wiped on 11 Nov.
- Lenny's Motel as the starting hub, replacing the Bar shown before launch.
- Official servers only, with purchases limited to cosmetics.
The first week
- 4 Nov: launch patch with the first balance changes.
- 5 Nov: police and economy balance patch.
- Night of 6 to 7 Nov: repeated DDoS attacks on the servers began.
- 8 Nov: 140,440 concurrent players.
- 11 Nov: smoke grenade, chat and name-change patch, and the first 7-day wipe.