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Amazon Games Ends Support For MMO ‘New World’ Following Mass Layoffs
Amazon announced its cutting more than 14,000 jobs across the entire company, with specific reductions happening at Amazon Games and its in-house MMO, New World.

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Amazon is winding down its still-popular New World MMO amid mass layoffs
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Lord of the Rings MMORPG cancelled, New World updates finished as Amazon lays off game workers
Did Amazon lay off 14,000 due to cost-cutting and AI? Here's what CEO said
Amazon's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Andy Jassy on Thursday (local time) clarified the reason for the recent 14,000 corporate jobs cuts that happened earlier this week, adding that the layoffs were ...

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‘He Barely Sleeps Anymore’: Amazon Employee In Constant Fear Since Mass Layoff Announcement
Fortune India · 21h
Amazon sees the costs to its layoffs to be $1.8 billion
‘He boarded his flight, excited to be back’: Amazon’s biggest layoffs with early-morning messages leave employees distressed
According to Business Insider, one message directed employees to “check their personal or work email,” while another instructed them to “contact a help desk about their employment status.”

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Amazon’s 14,000 layoffs aren’t about money or AI, CEO says ‘it’s something else’
Amazon layoffs hit thousands of employees. Is Florida affected?

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.

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, with the company confirming on Tuesday that it is laying off 14,000 employees.
Shacknews

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 its video games business.
The Escapist

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.

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.
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