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30 days after their biggest update, Amazon laid off the entire New World team. The Lord of the Rings MMO is dead. Their entire MMO division: gutted. What's Amazon building instead? AI chatbot games.
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00:00 Core games? Nah!
02:41 Amazon's Mass Layoffs
03:46 Stay Of Execution?
05:18 Sunset Upon New World
06:50 Amazon's New Focus
08:18 Snoop's In Session
09:20 Amazon Pivots... Again
11:17 Amazon Games' Future
Sources:
independent.co.uk/news/business/amazon-job-cuts-b2853604.html
https://x.com/djWHEAT/status/1983227877488463952
https://x.com/Tarfu/status/1983196834698015164
steamdb.info/app/1063730/charts/#3y
newworld.com/en-us/news/articles/update-on-new-world
steamdb.info/sub/1121877/history
pcgamer.com/games/mmo/we-did-it-all-for-you-new-worlds-final-expansion-contains-a-hidden-goodbye-from-the-developers
linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7388974384306221056
massivelyop.com/2025/10/28/amazon-will-reportedly-halt-a-significant-amount-of-first-part-game-dev-specifically-mmos
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7845vwg0zno
amazongamestudios.com/en-gb/news/articles/maverick-games-publishing-agreement
variety.com/2025/digital/news/amazon-games-layoffs-halt-aaa-development-1236563508
https://bellular.games/loading-screen-ai-snoop-dogg-is-the-future-of-gaming/
polygon.com/2020/8/10/21361946/amazon-twitch-prime-gaming-new-name-benefits
https://x.com/Tarfu/status/1983196834698015164
reddit.com/r/breakaway/comments/88e4ck/update_on_breakaways_development_status
kotaku.com/amazons-crucible-flopped-so-hard-its-being-un-released-1844222299
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30 days after their biggest update, Amazon laid off the entire New World team. The Lord of the Rings MMO is dead. Their entire MMO division: gutted. What's Amazon building instead? AI chatbot games.
Trying to find a sponsor? Here's our brands & deals: https://bellular.games/deals/
00:00 Core games? Nah!
02:41 Amazon's Mass Layoffs
03:46 Stay Of Execution?
05:18 Sunset Upon New World
06:50 Amazon's New Focus
08:18 Snoop's In Session
09:20 Amazon Pivots... Again
11:17 Amazon Games' Future
Sources:
independent.co.uk/news/business/amazon-job-cuts-b2853604.html
https://x.com/djWHEAT/status/1983227877488463952
https://x.com/Tarfu/status/1983196834698015164
steamdb.info/app/1063730/charts/#3y
newworld.com/en-us/news/articles/update-on-new-world
steamdb.info/sub/1121877/history
pcgamer.com/games/mmo/we-did-it-all-for-you-new-worlds-final-expansion-contains-a-hidden-goodbye-from-the-developers
linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7388974384306221056
massivelyop.com/2025/10/28/amazon-will-reportedly-halt-a-significant-amount-of-first-part-game-dev-specifically-mmos
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7845vwg0zno
amazongamestudios.com/en-gb/news/articles/maverick-games-publishing-agreement
variety.com/2025/digital/news/amazon-games-layoffs-halt-aaa-development-1236563508
https://bellular.games/loading-screen-ai-snoop-dogg-is-the-future-of-gaming/
polygon.com/2020/8/10/21361946/amazon-twitch-prime-gaming-new-name-benefits
https://x.com/Tarfu/status/1983196834698015164
reddit.com/r/breakaway/comments/88e4ck/update_on_breakaways_development_status
kotaku.com/amazons-crucible-flopped-so-hard-its-being-un-released-1844222299
