
Amazon Exits MMO Business, Returns Lost Ark and Throne & Liberty to Developers
Amazon Game Studios is officially exiting the MMO publishing business, handing operational control of both Lost Ark and Throne and Liberty back to their respective developers. Smilegate, the South Korean studio behind Lost Ark, will take over management of the game's Western servers previously run by Amazon. Meanwhile, Throne and Liberty, the 2024 MMORPG developed by NCSoft, will transfer its global publishing duties back to NC (the company formerly known as NCSoft), with the full transition expected to be complete by early 2027.

