Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord claims biggest Steam launch of year so far

Almost eight years after it was first announced, Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord finally arrived via Steam Early Access yesterday.

The medieval action role-player is doing well, too. Developer Taleworlds has trumpeted some impressive concurrent player numbers - enough, it says, to make it Steam's biggest launch this year.

These numbers have only grown over the past day, with upwards of 200,000 people now playing at the time of writing.

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