Amazon Hands Throne and Liberty’s Western Operations Back to NC in 2026

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Amazon Game Studios is handing Western live operations for Throne and Liberty back to NC and its subsidiary FirstSpark Games in Q4 2026. The MMO will continue to run on Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox, and Amazon says existing characters, inventories, progression, regions, and realms will carry over unless a player chooses to opt out. As of now, BOTH of Amazon’s MMOs (Throne & Liberty and Lost Ark) have announced this transition.

According to the official announcement, players won’t need to repurchase the game or reinstall it after the move. They will, however, need to accept NC’s Terms of Service and complete any required account activation steps once the migration is done.

  • Amazon will no longer operate the Western service after the transition. NC will take over publishing, live operations, support, and policies.
  • Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox accounts will keep working, with cross-play staying in place.
  • NC’s PURPLE platform will be added as another way to access the game.
  • Cross-progression will only be supported between Steam and PURPLE, not between consoles or other platform combinations.
  • Lucent, Loyalty Points, Sollant, Ornate Coins, and other current in-game currency balances are planned to transfer.
  • Support tickets already sent to Amazon Game Studios customer support will not transfer to NC.

Players who don’t want their data moved can opt out before the transition date. If they do, their characters, progression, inventory, and other account data won’t carry over to NC’s version of the service. Guilds will also be affected if members opt out, and guild leadership will pass automatically if the leader’s character is removed from the migration.

Amazon says regular content updates and bug fixes will continue, though larger updates, including Nix, may be held until after the service transfer to avoid complicating the data migration. Details on possible downtime, unclaimed store items, Auction House listings, friends and block lists, and NC’s post-transition support contacts are still coming later.