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Amazon making ‘significant’ cuts to games business, moving away from MMOs | VGC
October 29, 2025 - Amazon Games Orange County (formerly Double Helix Games), which is based in Irvine, California, released New World in September 2021.
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2 weeks ago - Amazon Games Orange County (formerly Double Helix Games) is an American video development studio based in Irvine, California, which released New World in September 2021.
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Amazon Games Orange County — Blog — Contains Moderate Peril
October 25, 2025 - This time, the development and ... Middle-earth Enterprises in August 2022. The new game is being developed by Amazon Games Orange County, the same studio that created the MMO New World....
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The Amazon Games studio behind ‘New World’ levels up its MMO ambitions with ‘The Lord of the Rings’ project - News | Amazon Game Studios
May 15, 2023 - In close collaboration with Embracer Group and Middle-earth Enterprises, the Amazon Games Orange County studio will develop a new massively multiplayer online (MMO) game based on the iconic The Lord of the Rings property.
Amazon Games Expands Global Footprint with New Development Studio in Europe
Woah in Romania. That's interesting. Wonder what they're cooking, cuz so far they only have New World right? Except the games they publish for others like Lost Ark More on reddit.com
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December 29, 2023Amazon Games Unit Hit by Layoffs, Will Halt ‘Significant Amount’ of AAA Development and Shift Online Strategy
Its the end of Amazon game development. They probably have few more casual games in pipeline - that are complete crap btw. And then they will close it 100% More on reddit.com
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October 28, 2025"Amazon Games Studio didn’t say how many video-game jobs will be cut, but noted in a memo Tuesday that “significant role reductions” would fall on its offices in Irvine and San Diego"
Jesus Christ rip new world More on reddit.com
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October 28, 2025Amazon lays off more than 100 employees in its video games division
I don't want to be the stereotypical r/games cynic, but it was glaringly obvious from the start Amazon's shenanigans in the gaming industry would never flourish They thought you could grab a few talented names, shove them under a studio label, throw rivers of money at them, input a few buzzwords and a GOTY would pop out, which couldn't be farther from the gamedev reality. They lacked soul, cohesion and most importantly of all, a clear vision and prime directive. Every Amazon gaming project (New World being the outlier IMO) reeked of corporate cashgrab. More on reddit.com
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Our team of game industry veterans is developing and publishing live service AAA multiplayer games and developing original IPs, including New World: Aeternum, March of Giants, and an upcoming title based on The Lord of the Rings with our studios ...
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New World (video game) - Wikipedia
4 days ago - New World is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Amazon Games Orange County and published by Amazon Games released on September 28, 2021. The game was previously scheduled to release in May 2020 and subsequently ...
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Amazon Game Studios Lays Off ‘Significant’ Number of Developers in Company Cuts
October 29, 2025 - Irvine-based Amazon Games Orange County also announced that New World Season 10, which launched 13 October 2025, will be the MMO’s final content update.
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Amazon Games layoffs cut into development and publishing groups, ending updates for MMO New World — while the company is praising AI
October 28, 2025 - In 2021, Amazon found some success with New World, an internally developed MMORPG that saw huge player counts at launch. The company also published Lost Ark in 2023, another MMORPG that was developed by Smilegate. Amazon also recently published a party game called King of Meat, which tasks groups of players with going through dungeons in co-op together. At this time, it's not clear where this leaves several upcoming projects from Amazon Games. Notably, the company's Orange County studio was leading development on an MMO set in the world of The Lord of the Rings ...
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Amazon Games and Embracer team on Lord of the Rings MMO
October 8, 2023 - Through the latter's Middle-earth Enterprises subsidiary, the two companies are developing a "triple-A open-world MMO" for PC and consoles. Leading development on the project will be Amazon Games' studio in Orange County, California, makers of ...
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Celebrate Creativity and Curiosity with AGS, Orange County — Amazon Game Studios | by Jonathan Pan | Amazon Game Studios | Medium
July 11, 2019 - Celebrate Creativity and Curiosity with AGS, Orange County — Amazon Game Studios What do Carl Sagan, “Weird Al” Yankovic, and John Carmack have in common? They’re all featured on the “Learn …
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Amazon makes ‘significant’ cuts to video-game teams in Irvine, San Diego – Orange County Register
October 28, 2025 - The company didn’t say how many video-game jobs will be cut but noted “significant role reductions” in both cities.
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r/Games on Reddit: Amazon Games Expands Global Footprint with New Development Studio in Europe
December 29, 2023 - New World is the only in-house one that's still kicking. Crucible got shut down. They also made some episodic grand tour game but that was delisted back in 2020. Although keep in mind Amazon has 4 studios under them, New World was made by Orange ...
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Meet the developers behind the Amazon Games hit ‘New World’
January 19, 2023 - An established studio with a rising profile and a collection of experienced and tenured game developers, it would be the foundation for what would become the Amazon Games studio in Orange County.
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Numerous Popular Games, Apps Linked To Amazon Suffer Outages | KFI AM 640
October 20, 2025 - Numerous popular online games, apps and websites linked to Amazon's cloud network were reported to have experienced server outages Monday morning.
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r/MMORPG on Reddit: Amazon Games Unit Hit by Layoffs, Will Halt ‘Significant Amount’ of AAA Development and Shift Online Strategy
October 28, 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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r/lostarkgame on Reddit: "Amazon Games Studio didn’t say how many video-game jobs will be cut, but noted in a memo Tuesday that “significant role reductions” would fall on its offices in Irvine and San Diego"
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