The Verge
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Amazon is ditching MMOs and cranking out party games | The Verge
October 28, 2025 - Amazon is making “significant” changes to its gaming division, including halting much of its work on first-party AAA MMOs, according to an executive memo.
Reddit
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r/gaming on Reddit: Amazon Games Unit Hit by Layoffs, Will Halt ‘Significant Amount’ of AAA Development and Shift Online Strategy
September 2, 2025 -
It sounds like ALL MMO development has been shuttered (Including LOTR) - per the letter that went out.
"We’ve also taken a critical look at the evolving dynamics of games industry and competitive landscape. While we’re proud of our successes in first-party AAA game development and publishing, we have made the difficult decision to halt a significant amount of our first-party AAA game development work – specifically around MMOs – within Amazon Game Studios, including making significant role reductions in our studios in Irvine and San Diego, as well as our central publishing team.
While these changes are significant, we still have a lot going on in game development. Our Montreal studio recently concluded a successful closed alpha of March of Giants and is working hard to finish the game. Our Studio 5 team just released Courtroom Chaos: Starring Snoop Dogg as the launch title in Luna and will continue their focus on more casual and AI-focused games, optimized for Luna. Finally, we are continuing to work with our external studio partners Crystal Dynamics on an upcoming Tomb Raider title and Maverick Games on an upcoming open world driving game."
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Bloomberg
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Amazon Makes ‘Significant’ Job Cuts in Video-Game Division - Bloomberg
October 28, 2025 - Amazon.com Inc. is gutting its video-game division as part of a sweeping layoff that will eliminate more than 14,000 corporate jobs.
Deadline
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Amazon Job Cuts Hit Video Games Division
October 28, 2025 - Video game development and publishing are taking a hit in a wave of layoffs at Amazon today, including the company’s San Diego and Irvine studios as the division’s head said it’s taking “a critical look at the evolving dynamics of games industry.”
Game Developer
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Amazon cutting thousands of corporate roles
October 28, 2025 - Chris Kerr, Senior Editor, News, GameDeveloper.com ... Update: Amazon has confirmed plans to make approximately 14,000 people redundant within its corporate workforce, including staff within its video game division.
PC Gamer
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Amazon Games is making major layoffs as it shifts focus away from MMOs to its Luna cloud gaming platform: 'We have made the difficult decision to halt a significant amount of our first-party AAA game development' | PC Gamer
October 28, 2025 - Amazon's AI-powered layoff of 14,000 employees will see "significant" cuts made to its game division, according to a new Bloomberg report, which will result in a reduction in development efforts on big-budget games, including MMOs like New World.
Yahoo!
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Amazon Games Unit Hit by Layoffs, Will Halt ‘Significant Amount’ of AAA Development and Shift Online Strategy
October 28, 2025 - An undisclosed number of cuts have been made in the Amazon Game Studios business, as first reported by Bloomberg’s Jason Schrier and confirmed by Variety, as part of the overall elimination of 14,000 corporate workers at Amazon this week.
Variety
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Amazon Games Hit by Layoffs, Will Halt AAA Development
October 31, 2025 - An undisclosed number of cuts have been made in the Amazon Game Studios business, as first reported by Bloomberg’s Jason Schrier and confirmed by Variety, as part of the overall elimination of 14,000 corporate workers at Amazon this week.
Reddit
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r/GamingLeaksAndRumours on Reddit: Bloomberg: Layoffs to hit Amazon Gaming Division
September 2, 2025 -
https://gameworldobserver.com/2025/10/28/report-amazon-to-conduct-massive-layoffs-gaming-division-also-affected
Reports indicate that the layoffs will affect several key Amazon divisions, including the gaming sector. However, the exact number of staff to be cut from the gaming teams is unknown.
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Amazon Games gutted amid 14,000 layoffs: work on first-party games and MMOs in particular scaled back, "casual and AI-focused games" a continued focus | GamesRadar+
October 28, 2025 - Here’s how it works. ... Amazon confirms it is reducing its global workforce by "approximately 14,000 roles", and there have been substantial cuts across its burgeoning video game division.
Forbes
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Amazon Games Ends Support For MMO ‘New World’ Following Mass Layoffs
October 29, 2025 - The never-ending carousel of game industry layoffs continues once again as Amazon announced its cutting more than 14,000 jobs across the entire company, with specific reductions happening at Amazon Games and its in-house MMO, New World.
Kotaku
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Amazon Scales Back Gaming Ambitions Amid 14000 Layoffs
November 4, 2025 - According to an internal memo reviewed by Bloomberg, those cuts include halting a “significant amount of our first-party AAA game development work–specifically around MMOs–within Amazon Game Studios.” The company had previously announced ...
Game World Observer
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Report: Amazon to Conduct Massive Layoffs — Gaming Division Also Affected | Game World Observer
October 28, 2025 - Reports indicate that the layoffs will affect several key Amazon divisions, including the gaming sector.
CNBC
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Amazon cut more than 1,800 engineers in record layoffs, despite saying it needs to innovate faster
November 21, 2025 - Amazon's video game division was targeted in the company's latest layoff wave, California WARN filings show.
TechPowerUp
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Amazon Games Layoffs: Internal Memo Confirms Shift From AAA to AI-Powered Games | TechPowerUp
October 30, 2025 - Amazon's VP of games, Steve Boom explains that Amazon has "made the difficult decision to halt a significant amount of our first-party AAA game development work - specifically around MMOs - within Amazon Game Studios." Reporting on the layoffs, Variety managed to get hold of an internal memo that details a marked shift in Amazon Games's approach.
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Amazon's Mass 14,000+ Layoff Also Hits Amazon Game Studios as the Company Halts Work "Specifically Around MMOs"
October 28, 2025 - Amazon is laying off more than 14,000 corporate jobs today, and per a report from Bloomberg, the video games division, Amazon Game Studios, is not immune to the cuts.
Videogames Chronicle
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Amazon making ‘significant’ cuts to games business, moving away from MMOs | VGC
October 29, 2025 - Specifically, the San Diego and Irvine development studios, which are responsible for MMOs New World and an untitled The Lord of the Rings game, have seen significant reductions, according to Steve Boom, vice president of Audio, Twitch, and Games. MMO New World is officially ending development, following Amazon’s huge round of layoffs, it’s confirmed.
Investing.com Canada
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Amazon cuts jobs in video-game division amid broader layoffs - Bloomberg By Investing.com
October 28, 2025 - Investing.com -- Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is making significant cuts to its video-game division as part of a larger corporate restructuring that will eliminate more than 14,000 jobs across the company.
Reddit
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r/Games on Reddit: Amazon Lays Off 180 Employees In Its Games Division
September 17, 2023 - It says the 180 layoffs includes those two teams. For all we know those two teams could be 10 people and the other 170 people could be in their proper game dev teams ... From my reading of, a different article on the same subject, it does sound ...
CNBC
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Amazon cuts more than 180 jobs in gaming division
November 14, 2023 - Amazon on Monday announced it will cut more than 180 jobs in its Amazon Games division, shutting down parts of the business that focus on streaming and supporting third-party games and putting more of an emphasis on developing its own titles, ...