Amazon Games layoffs cut into development and publishing groups, ending updates for MMO New World — while the company is praising AI

Cuts across the gaming industry continue to unfold as big tech shifts. The latest company to see major job cuts is Amazon, ...

New World Players Launch Petition To Save Game From Amazon

Earlier this week, Amazon's games division confirmed that it is ending support for MMORPG New World on both PC and consoles.
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New World: Aeternum to end support amid reported Amazon layoffs

While the servers will keep the game running through 2026, the MMO will cease to receive new content after Season 10 ends.

Amazon Games Unit Hit by Layoffs, Will Halt ‘Significant Amount’ of AAA Development and Shift Online Strategy

Amid sweeping layoffs that began throughout ecommerce giant Amazon Tuesday, the company is making "significant" changes to ...
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Amazon Games Layoffs: What Other Games Might Shut Down Apart From New World?

Amazon Games’s MMO lineup faces trouble after mass layoffs: could Lost Ark, Throne and Liberty, or the Lord of the Rings MMO ...

Amazon Is Abandoning One Of Its Biggest Games, But Not Before The Devs Got To Say Goodbye

New World originally launched on PC in 2021, with the Aeternum edition coming out on PS5 and Xbox in 2024. What seemed like a new era for the MMO ended up being cut short. If the game disappears in ...
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Amazon has apparently laid off its Game Studios, including the New World team

It's been reported that Amazon has laid off thousands of employees, including the entire team behind New World.