--- title: Amazon Ends Publishing for Lost Ark & Throne and Liberty description: Amazon has ended its publishing deals for Lost Ark and Throne and Liberty, handing the games back to their South Korean developers. Lost Ark moves to Smilegate... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-ends-publishing-for-lost-ark-throne-and-liberty-dknq9kgee twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Amazon Ends Publishing for Lost Ark & Throne and Liberty | daily.dev og:description: Amazon has ended its publishing deals for Lost Ark and Throne and Liberty, handing the games back to their South Korean developers. Lost Ark moves to Smilegate... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-ends-publishing-for-lost-ark-throne-and-liberty-dknq9kgee og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/DkNQ9kGee.png og:image:alt: Amazon Ends Publishing for Lost Ark & Throne and Liberty og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Amazon Ends Publishing for Lost Ark & Throne and Liberty **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Amazon has ended its publishing deals for Lost Ark and Throne and Liberty, handing the games back to their South Korean developers. Lost Ark moves to Smilegate in early 2027, while Throne and Liberty moves to NC in Q4 2026. Player accounts, progression, and inventory stay intact, though customer support providers and Terms of Service will change. Some social data like chat history, mail, and guild memos won't transfer, though gear names, macros, and progression data will be preserved. Players can opt out of data transfer. This follows Amazon's own MMO, New World, shutting down servers on January 31, 2027. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Is Amazon still publishing Lost Ark and Throne and Liberty in the West? No, Amazon has ended its publishing deals for both games, returning them to their South Korean developers. Lost Ark transitions to Smilegate starting in early 2027, while Throne and Liberty moves to NC Soft in Q4 2026. Accounts, characters, progression, and inventory remain unaffected, though customer support providers and Terms of Service will change. _Track platform and publisher changes affecting live-service games like these on daily.dev._ ### What happened to Amazon's New World MMO? Amazon is shutting down New World's servers on January 31, 2027, as the company steps back from the MMO publishing business entirely. This closure coincides with Amazon ending its publishing deals for Lost Ark and Throne and Liberty, signaling a broader exit from the genre. _Follow shifts in live-service game support like this on daily.dev._ ### Will my Lost Ark chat history and guild data transfer to the new publisher? No, chat messages and chat history, in-game mail, friends list memos and group names, blacklist memos, guild member nicknames and memos, and stronghold gift messages and quiz data will not transfer to Smilegate. However, preset names, ship names, stronghold slot names, map and combat memos, chat macros, NPC renames, and game progression data will be preserved. Players can opt out of the transfer entirely. _Stay on top of migration details like these when a service you use changes hands, via daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Amazon has reportedly canceled its LOTR MMO](https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-has-reportedly-canceled-its-lotr-mmo-qeijqcnbw) · The Verge · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Amazon Games shuts down Glowmade's online multiplayer King of Meat](https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-games-shuts-down-glowmade-s-online-multiplayer-king-of-meat-ovd7q6swq) · GamesIndustry.biz · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Report: Amazon cancels The Lord of the Rings MMO](https://daily.dev/posts/report-amazon-cancels-the-lord-of-the-rings-mmo-vetm7kind) · Game Developer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Amazon Games' New World: Aeternum to go offline in January 2027](https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-games-new-world-aeternum-to-go-offline-in-january-2027-16meypgyk) · GamesIndustry.biz · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#gaming](https://daily.dev/tags/gaming), [#amazon](https://daily.dev/tags/amazon) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-ends-publishing-for-lost-ark-throne-and-liberty-dknq9kgee) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Amazon Ends Publishing for Lost Ark & Throne and Liberty","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-ends-publishing-for-lost-ark-throne-and-liberty-dknq9kgee","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/amazon-ends-publishing-for-lost-ark-throne-and-liberty-dknq9kgee"},"datePublished":"2026-08-13T15:22:57.171Z","dateModified":"2026-08-13T15:23:47.501Z","description":"Amazon has ended its publishing deals for Lost Ark and Throne and Liberty, handing the games back to their South Korean developers. 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