Amazon is ditching MMOs and cranking out party games

As part of Amazon’s mass layoffs announced today, the company is making “significant” changes to its gaming division, including halting much of its work on first-party AAA MMOs, according to a memo from Steve Boom, VP of audio, Twitch, and games.

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 its video games business.

Amazon layoffs reaction: ‘Thought I was a top performer but guess I’m expendable’

On social media and elsewhere, impacted employees and others reacted to Amazon's decision to cut 14,000 corporate and tech workers across numerous divisions.

Amazon layoffs: What we know so far about the teams and roles affected, from internal messages

Amazon announced Tuesday that it plans to cut 14,000 corporate jobs as part of a broader effort to become leaner in an era shaped by AI.

Amazon set to announce widespread layoffs, reports say

The impending corporate layoffs amount to the largest such job reduction in the company's history, CNBC and Reuters reported, citing anonymous sources.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning.
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