Amazon hands off Throne and Liberty and Lost Ark as it exits MMO business

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Amazon is withdrawing entirely from the massively multiplayer online game sector, transferring live operations of its two remaining Western titles to other companies. Throne and Liberty will be managed by FirstSpark Games and NC starting in Q4 2026, while Smilegate will take over Lost Ark in early 2027. The move follows Amazon's October announcement that it would significantly scale back first-party AAA game development, particularly in the MMO space. A third title, New World: Aeternum, had already ceased new content updates following that same strategic shift.

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