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News - Amazon Games signs on to publish a Smilegate RPG game in the West - xSicKxBot - 08-23-2020
Amazon Games signs on to publish a Smilegate RPG game in the West
<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/amazon-games-signs-on-to-publish-a-smilegate-rpg-game-in-the-west.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p>Amazon Games has nabbed the exclusive publishing rights to an upcoming (but undisclosed) game from Korean game dev Smilegate RPG.</p>
<p>It’s not Amazon’s first foray into game publishing by any means, but considering many of its headline-making activities of late have involved development rather than publishing its a notable change of pace.</p>
<p>Both of those Amazon Games-developed projects, <em>New World </em>and<em> Crucible</em>, are online games, making for a bit of overlap with what Smilegate typically offers. Amazon says in a statement that this shared interest is part of what endears it about Smilegate RPG and its parent company Smilegate. </p>
<p>“Smilegate has a strong track record of creating big games that players love, built to offer years of enjoyment — exactly the type of best-in-class, living, growing online games we want to bring our customers,” reads a statement from Amazon Games VP Christoph Hartmann.</p>
<p>On the Smilegate side of things, the Korean dev studio sees the deal as a gateway to bring an unnamed Smilegate RPG title to the West. A statement from the company adds that Amazon’s entire suite of properties (like Twitch, Prime Gaming, and AWS) makes the arrangement an attractive partnership as well. </p>
<p>“Smilegate RPG and Amazon Games will combine our respective expertise to introduce one of our AAA games to Western players. Amazon Games is uniquely positioned as a publisher to reach entirely new audiences through its deep commitment to customers and substantial games publishing resources and channels,” adds Smilegate RPG CEO Chi Won Gil.</p>
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https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2020/08/20/amazon-games-signs-on-to-publish-a-smilegate-rpg-game-in-the-west/