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posted ago by Lurker404 ago by Lurker404 +53 / -0

Amazon had mass layoffs a couple of days ago (apparently 14k are already gone and up to 30k are planned, all corporate jobs) and it's slowly coming out that they gutted their game development studios.

They ended support for their MMO New World: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/amazon-making-significant-cuts-to-games-business-moving-away-from-mmos/
They also cancelled an upcoming LotR MMO: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/amazons-lord-of-the-rings-mmo-has-reportedly-also-been-cancelled/

Instead of big games they're apparently focusing on their cloud gaming service Luna and small AI-slop party games.