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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.
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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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[Aftermath] Amazon Lays Off 180 Employees In Its Games Division
Video game layoff season – an extension of what has basically at this point become video game layoff year – is in full swing, and now Amazon is getting in on it. Two sources with knowledge of the layoffs told Aftermath that Amazon is eliminating 180 positions in its games division. More on resetera.com
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Amazon Games Confirms Layoffs of About 180 Employees, a Refocus on Prime Gaming Benefit to Customers — MMORPG.com Forums
Amazon Games Confirms Layoffs of About 180 Employees, a Refocus on Prime Gaming Benefit to Customers | MMORPG.com Amazon Games has confirmed another round of layoffs, this time affecting around 180 people. More on forums.mmorpg.com
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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'
It's wild how as a normal guy you can see stuff clearly that billion dollar companies can't. Greed really does blind people I guess O.o More on reddit.com
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Twitch Hit By Layoffs
No phone call, meeting, just an email. 11 years of service, no respect just an email. I was one of the last true originals that was part of the community. More on reddit.com
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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.
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TradingView
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Amazon Shares Steady as Glowmade Layoffs Highlight Ongoing Gaming Challenges — TradingView News
2 weeks ago - Amazon (AMZN, Financials) saw little reaction in its stock Tuesday as Glowmade, the developer behind King of Meat, prepared to cut jobs early next year.Amazon Game Studios developed the game, but it had a hard time getting people to play it ...
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Amazon Shares Steady as Glowmade Layoffs Highlight Ongoing Gaming Challenges
2 weeks ago - Amazon (AMZN, Financials) saw little reaction in its stock Tuesday as Glowmade, the developer behind King of Meat, prepared to cut jobs early next year.Amazon Game Studios developed the game, but it had a hard time getting people to play it ...
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Amazon Games Layoffs: What Other Games Might Shut Down Apart From New World? - IMDb
1 month ago - The massive layoffs in Amazon’s gaming department (Amazon Games) have sent massive shockwaves through the community. While this is impacting the developers, it will also affect gamers, as New World might not be the only game shutting down; the division’s entire Mmo catalogue is in danger.
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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.”
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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.
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Fast Company
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Tech layoffs: Amazon lays off hundreds from Twitch and Prime Video
January 10, 2024 - More than 500 employees were laid off from Amazon's video game streaming platform along with hundreds from other divisions.
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Forbes
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Amazon Is Laying Off Hundreds Of Twitch, Prime Video And MGM Studios Employees
July 2, 2024 - Amazon issued a memo to employees Wednesday morning announcing plans to cut “several hundred” workers in its Prime Video and MGM Studios, while its video game live streaming service Twitch is laying off around 500 people, marking the tech ...
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Spiceworks
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Amazon Lays off Over 180 Employees in Its Gaming Division - Spiceworks
November 15, 2023 - Amazon is laying off over 180 employees in its gaming division. This is the second round of layoffs in this division this year. Learn more.
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NeoGAF
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News - Game Dev - Amazon cuts more than 180 jobs in gaming division | NeoGAF
November 13, 2023 - Amazon on Monday announced it will cut more than 180 jobs in its Amazon Games division as it refocuses its efforts on Prime Gaming, according to an internal company memo viewed by CNBC.
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IconEra
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Amazon cuts more than 180 jobs in gaming division | IconEra
November 13, 2023 - https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/13/amazon-cuts-more-than-180-jobs-in-gaming-division.html Amazon on Monday announced it will cut more than 180 jobs in its Amazon Games division as it refocuses its efforts on Prime Gaming, according to an internal ...
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IGN
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Amazon Has Laid Off 180 Workers From Its Games Division - IGN
November 13, 2023 - Technology and e-commerce giant Amazon has laid off 180 workers from its video game division. First reported by Aftermath and independently confirmed by IGN, layoffs included Game Growth and the Crown Channel, an original program on Twitch that ...
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ResetEra
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[Aftermath] Amazon Lays Off 180 Employees In Its Games Division | ResetEra
September 18, 2023 - Video game layoff season – an ... Two sources with knowledge of the layoffs told Aftermath that Amazon is eliminating 180 positions in its games division....
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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, ...
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The Verge
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Amazon is getting rid of its gaming content channel amid larger games layoffs | The Verge
November 13, 2023 - Amazon is cutting “just over” 180 jobs in its games division and making some other changes, including shutting down its Crown channel and Game Growth efforts as well as “refocusing” the work it does with free games offered through Prime ...
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MMORPG.com
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Amazon Games Confirms Layoffs of About 180 Employees, a Refocus on Prime Gaming Benefit to Customers — MMORPG.com Forums
Amazon Games Confirms Layoffs of About 180 Employees, a Refocus on Prime Gaming Benefit to Customers | MMORPG.com Amazon Games has confirmed another round of layoffs, this time affecting around 180 people.
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Tech.co
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Amazon Cuts Gaming Staff as New Wave of Layoffs Hits Big Tech
November 14, 2023 - As a new wave of layoffs hit Silicon Valley, Amazon has cut around 180 jobs from its gaming division and closed its Game Growth and Crown Channel initiatives.