Overview
- Community manager Roxanne Sabo and producer Henry Stelter said they were laid off from the Lost Ark team on March 18.
- An uncredited post on the Lost Ark site acknowledged that 'talented individuals' left as part of broader decisions and promised to keep improving the game.
- Players are questioning future support as the current public roadmap runs only through April following a recent update.
- Smilegate remains the primary developer, with Amazon handling global publishing and having introduced region-specific additions such as 2025's Paradise mode.
- Other staffers say they remain employed, yet concern is shaped by a western player decline from a 1.3 million launch peak to roughly 15,000 concurrent in 2026.