Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Jagneaux is a writer and analyst, covering MMOs and retro games. The never-ending carousel of game industry layoffs ...

Yesterday, Amazon announced that it was cutting 14,000 jobs as it pivots towards the usage of AI. According to reporting from Bloomberg, those job cuts include “gutting” its video game division. While ...

Amazon Games is winding down support for New World: 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 ...

Amazon has laid off a ton of workers today, including many of its game-related teams at Amazon Game Studios. A report by an industry insider at Bloomberg revealed that over 30,000 employees are ...

At the end of October, Amazon announced massive layoffs affecting up to 30,000 office positions across the entire company. The gaming division, Amazon Game Studios, was particularly hard hit, with the ...

New World is hardly a struggling game - a steady community of thousands flock to it every day on Steam alone. But its huge Aeternum update and rebrand roughly 12 months ago didn't give it the push ...

Alex Co has been writing about games for 15 years and running, and is a huge fan of online shooters and anything horror related. Earlier this week, Amazon's games division confirmed that it is ending ...

Welp, it's official, Amazon is pulling the plug on its fantasy MMO New World following the recent launch of season 10. The news follows closely on the heels of massive layoffs at Amazon impacting ...

TL;DR: Amazon is significantly scaling back its first-party game development, canceling major projects like the Lord of the Rings MMORPG and shifting focus to casual and AI-driven games. New World ...

As part of this week’s layoffs, Amazon pulled the plug on new content for New World: Aeternum. As part of this week’s layoffs, Amazon pulled the plug on new content for New World: Aeternum. is a ...