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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.
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Slashdot
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Amazon Lays Off About 100 Employees in Its Gaming Divisions - Slashdot
Amazon laid off about 100 employees in its video-game divisions as part of its broader cutbacks, affecting workers at Prime Gaming, Game Growth and the company's San Diego studio.
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Game Developer
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Amazon cutting thousands of corporate roles
October 28, 2025 - Update: Amazon has confirmed plans to make approximately 14,000 people redundant within its corporate workforce, including staff within its video game division. Beth Galetti, SVP of people experience and technology at Amazon, confirmed the news ...
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NeoGAF
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Rumor - Report: Amazon to Conduct Layoffs to Gaming Division | NeoGAF
October 28, 2025 - Amazon Corporation is set to announce a significant round of layoffs today, according to sources from Reuters and Bloomberg. As reported, up to 30,000 employees will lose their jobs. Reports indicate that the layoffs will affect several key ...
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GamesRadar+
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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.
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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 - The company also told staffers it's halting much of its work on big-budget, or triple A, game development, specifically around massively multiplayer online, or MMO, games, Boom wrote.
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Insider Gaming
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Amazon Games, Twitch Hit By Layoffs; Game Development Reduced - Insider Gaming
October 28, 2025 - “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,” an email sent by vice president of audio, Twitch, and games Steve Boom to employees said. Included in the layoffs was Tarfu, who had been with Twitch for 11 years. “I started off working in trust & safety, then moved to customer experience,” he shared.
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Game World Observer
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Report: Amazon to Conduct Massive Layoffs — Gaming Division Also Affected | Game World Observer
October 28, 2025 - As reported, up to 30,000 employees will lose their jobs. 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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Massively Overpowered
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Amazon will ‘halt a significant amount’ of first-party game dev, specifically MMOs, in mass layoffs | Massively Overpowered
If you saw this morning’s whispers ... Reporting from Bloomberg this afternoon suggests that among the 14,000 people being laid off will be a major chunk of the games – that is, MMO sector – under the Amazon banner....
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Instant Gaming
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Amazon is about to cut gaming investments and lay off 14,000 employees - IG News
Amazon is preparing a major shakeup for its gaming division. Bloomberg reports that the American giant has decided to cut spending and cut thousands of…
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GameSpot
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Amazon Cuts Hit Video Game Division, Reducing Work On MMOs - GameSpot
October 28, 2025 - This news comes two years after Amazon laid off roughly 100 employees in its gaming division, with Amazon Games VP Christoph Hartmann promising in April 2023 that the company would "continue to invest in our internal development efforts, and ...
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The Economic Times
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amazon layoffs: Amazon lays off about 100 employees in gaming divisions - The Economic Times
April 5, 2023 - ... Amazon.com Inc. laid off about 100 employees in its video-game divisions as part of its broader cutbacks, affecting workers at Prime Gaming, Game Growth and the company’s San Diego studio.
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Bloomberg
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Amazon Lays Off About 100 Employees in Gaming Divisions (AMZN) - Bloomberg
April 4, 2023 - Amazon.com Inc. laid off about 100 employees in its video-game divisions as part of its broader cutbacks, affecting workers at Prime Gaming, Game Growth and the company’s San Diego studio.
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Hindustan Times
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Twitch employees hit hard by Amazon layoffs, ‘Built the entire fraud program, never got recognition’ | Hindustan Times
October 29, 2025 - Twitch employees are speaking out after the Amazon layoffs hit Amazon Games and Twitch. Amazon is reportedly laying off over 14,000 corporate employees.
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MMORPG.com
forums.mmorpg.com › discussion › 502975 › amazon-games-confirms-layoffs-of-about-180-employees-a-refocus-on-prime-gaming-benefit-to-customers
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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Game Informer
gameinformer.com › 2025 › 10 › 28 › amazon-lays-off-more-than-14000-including-significant-role-reductions-across-its-gaming
Amazon Lays Off More Than 14,000, Including 'Significant Role Reductions' Across Its Gaming Division - Game Informer
Mega-corporation Amazon is laying off more than 14,000 people across its various divisions, including "significant role reductions" across its gaming divisions, which have created games like New World, Lost Ark, and more, according to a Bloomberg ...
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Deadline
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Amazon Job Cuts Hit Video Games Division
October 28, 2025 - Strategic changes at games “go beyond what is happening company-wide,” he said. Amazon confirmed earlier that it is cutting 14,000 corporate jobs across divisions and that more layoffs are likely in the cards.
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Windows Central
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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 - Original story: Cuts across the gaming industry continue to unfold as big tech shifts. The latest company to see major job cuts is Amazon, with the company confirming on Tuesday that it is laying off 14,000 employees.