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Amazon gets out of the MMO game
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Amazon is officially exiting the massively multiplayer online game sector to reduce its first-party AAA development commitments. The company will transition live operations for Throne and Liberty and Lost Ark to external partners immediately.
- 01Amazon fully retreats from MMO development following previous strategic reductions in first-party gaming
- 02Live operations for Throne and Liberty and Lost Ark will transition to third-party companies
- 03The move follows a directive to halt significant portions of internal AAA game production
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Amazon is fully stepping back from MMOs. After saying last year that it would be halting "a significant amount" of its work on first-party AAA games, "specifically around MMOs," Amazon will be handing over live operations of Throne and Liberty and Lost Ark in the West to other companies, according to announcements on Wednesday. Throne […]