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Amazon has laid off a ton of workers today, including many of its game-related teams at Amazon Game Studios. A report by an industry insider at Bloomberg revealed that over 30,000 employees are ...

Amazon Games is winding down support for New World: Aeternum amid layoffs in the division and even deeper job cuts across its parent company. The game debuted on PC in 2021 and it landed on PS5 and ...

TL;DR: Amazon is significantly scaling back its first-party game development, canceling major projects like the Lord of the Rings MMORPG and shifting focus to casual and AI-driven games. New World ...

Four years ago, Amazon Games launched MMORPG New World. The game has been through a rollercoaster of happenings, including getting a refresh when it hit consoles as New World: Aeternum. Now, following ...

Yesterday, Amazon announced that it was cutting 14,000 jobs as it pivots towards the usage of AI. According to reporting from Bloomberg, those job cuts include “gutting” its video game division. While ...

MMO New World: Aeternum is officially ending development but will remain online through 2026, Amazon Games has revealed. The news comes in wake of news that the company is cutting a number of jobs in ...

Alex Co has been writing about games for 15 years and running, and is a huge fan of online shooters and anything horror related. Earlier this week, Amazon's games division confirmed that it is ending ...

Welp, it's official, Amazon is pulling the plug on its fantasy MMO New World following the recent launch of season 10. The news follows closely on the heels of massive layoffs at Amazon impacting ...

At the end of October, Amazon announced massive layoffs affecting up to 30,000 office positions across the entire company. The gaming division, Amazon Game Studios, was particularly hard hit, with the ...