Amazon reportedly cuts 14,000 jobs

Amazon has been spending millions on its gaming division over the past decade, with very few shipped games to show for it. Now, as cost-cutting measures come into effect, thousands of Amazon game developers, and those working on the publishing side, are set to be let go. 

Bloomberg's Jason Schreier has heard that for its gaming division, Amazon will be making significant cuts at its studios in Irvine and San Diego, and will be reducing the amount of work it does on AAA games. Specifically, Amazon no longer believes in the MMO concept and will no longer focus on “massively multiplayer online games”.

This round of job cuts is also likely to have a big impact on Twitch, the biggest livestreaming site for videogame content. Twitch is well known for operating on razor thin margins and often losing money. Despite being owned by Amazon, Twitch is also one of the largest customers for Amazon Web Services, which continues to be the site's biggest expenditure.

In the last round of job cuts, Amazon let go of more than 27,000 employees. This time around, the number is expected to be closer to 14,000.

KitGuru Says: On top of this, Amazon is also shutting down New World, its only successful game. It is unclear what this means for announced projects, like the next Tomb Raider game, which is due to be published by Amazon. 

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