Amazon, MMO and New World

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Amazon is winding down its still-popular New World MMO amid mass layoffs
Aeternum amid layoffs in the division and even deeper job cuts across its parent company. The game debuted on PC in 2021 and it landed on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S just over a year ago. "After four years of steady content updates and a major new console release,

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Amazon's Lord of the Rings MMO looks doomed as former dev says we "would have loved it" amid thousands of layoffs
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New World won't be getting any more new additions following mass layoffs at Amazon
‘He Barely Sleeps Anymore’: Amazon Employee In Constant Fear Since Mass Layoff Announcement
Amazon has confirmed plans to remove 14,000 corporate jobs worldwide in one of its biggest rounds of mass layoffs as part of a restructuring plan.

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy finally reveals the reason behind laying off 14,000 employees
Fortune India · 1d
Amazon sees the costs to its layoffs to be $1.8 billion
Amazon says it didn’t cut 14,000 people because of money. It cut them because of ‘culture’
Although Amazon said this week that the layoffs were more about staying “nimble” in anticipation of future AI efficiencies, the layoffs have nonetheless spurred fears about technology replacing human ...

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newsbytesapp.com · 1d
Amazon CEO says 14,000 layoffs driven by culture, not AI
Amazon’s 14,000 layoffs aren’t about money or AI, CEO says ‘it’s something else’
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Amazon Games Slammed By Layoffs — ‘New World’ Ends New Content And ‘The Lord Of The Rings’ MMO Reportedly Cancelled

Amazon Games has suffered layoffs, causing New World to cease new content, while their The Lord of the Rings MMO has reportedly been cancelled.

As Amazon kills New World, League of Legends co-creator and Riot co-founder puts a call out for "star devs" from the MMO: "We’re always on the lookout for S-tier talent"

Fantasy MMO New World got the death knell from Amazon this week, as the company announced season 10 would round out updates to the game amid wider layoffs affecting some 14,000 jobs. Players and devs alike are commiserating, and now a co-founder of Riot Games has put out a call for the talent who are seeking their next gig.

New World content updates are "no longer sustainable," Amazon says

Amazon's historical fantasy MMO New World just celebrated its fourth anniversary, but a recent post on the game's official website reveals that the game's newest update will also be its last.
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Report: Amazon cancels Lord of the Rings MMO

This is actually the second Lord of the Rings MMO that Amazon has cancelled. The first was made in partnership with Chinese company Leyou in 2019 before work was cut short in 2021. This most recent endeavour was part of an agreement with Embracer, and was announced in 2023.
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