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MMORPG.com
· Aug 12, 18:45 UTC
Smilegate Will Take Over Lost Ark Publishing Duties in Early 2027 as Amazon Games Exits Another Publishing Deal
Smilegate will publish the Western version of Lost Ark starting in early 2027, after the publishing deal with Amazon Games comes to an end.
PC Gamer
· Aug 12, 16:01 UTC
Amazon drops Lost Ark and Throne and Liberty
Both MMOs will continue to operate, but new publishers are taking over in the West.
Massively Overpowered
· Aug 12, 12:10 UTC
Amazon will cease publishing Lost Ark and Throne & Liberty, sending them back to Smilegate and NCsoft
Nobody’s going to be surprised to hear any of this, least of all the people who’ve been watching Amazon lay off all the community teams here in the west following the maintenance moding of New World, but before America could even wake up to…