“The last year has taught us a great deal about publishing and managing a successful live-service game on a global scale, and we’re ready to bring Throne and Liberty players an incredible experience at launch.”

“Publishing games that live and grow over time remains a critical piece of our strategy, and delivering games of the highest quality from the world’s most talented developers is one of the cornerstones of our business,” Hartmann writes. Amazon Games Vice Preisident Christoph Hartmann explained what makes these kinds of games appealing in a press release. Now, it’s backing Bandai Namco’s Blue Protocol and NCSoft’s Throne and Liberty in hopes of repeating this success. It released New World to somewhat positive success, but really found a hit with the release of Lost Arkin February 2022. While MMOs aren’t as popular as they used to be, Amazon has found a successful niche in trying to make the genre thrive again.

For years, Amazon struggled to gain solid footing as a game developer and publisher, with multiple games canceled and titles like Crucible failing to gain traction. While MMO fans will be happy at this announcement, this also demonstrates that Amazon Games has found a niche for itself as a game publisher by bringing Eastern MMOs to the West. With Amazon’s backing, Throne and Liberty will now come out for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X in the West with full cross-play support. The game has been in development for several years, but we didn’t know if it’d get a Western release until now. Throne and Liberty is an ambitious MMO in development that includes fast-paced action combat, features large-scale PvE and PvP battles, and lets players transform into different creatures and control the environment during battles. THRONE AND LIBERTY - Official Trailer | Work in Progress | 엔씨소프트

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