Tag Archives: Amazon Games

Last year, Amazon made the decision to stop development on its MMO, New World, and wind back its game development practices through major cuts at its studios. Now, Amazon Games VP, Christoph Hartmann, is leaving the company behind.  Following a wave of layoffs at Amazon Game Studios last year, Jason …

Earlier this year, Amazon decided to massively scale back its gaming business after failing to produce a hit. Now just a couple of months later, Amazon has actually sold off one of its studios to Ubisoft, along with the rights to its MOBA game, March of Giants.  Ubisoft announced that …

Crystal Dynamics has had a rough few months. Following the cancellation of Perfect Dark, which Crystal Dynamics was the primary developer for, the studio was forced to cut a sizable number of developers from the team. Now just a short while later, the company has had to let go of …

Earlier this week, Amazon underwent a new round of layoffs, removing much of the Amazon Games division and cancelling multiple projects. As it turns out, Amazon's major game, an online Lord of the Rings title, has also been cancelled amid this shake-up.  New World isn't the only major MMO from …

As part of Amazon's big round of job cuts, the company has also announced plans to cease development on its most successful game to date, New World. Season 10 will be New World's last and the servers will go offline next year. In a statement released this week, the developers …

As part of a massive round of lay-offs, Amazon has announced that they are significantly downsizing their gaming division.

Amazon Games has just revealed its next major project, a new free-to-play competitive title called March of Giants. Described as a 4v4 MOBA, the game is looking to put a new spin on the genre by having players control not just a powerful giant hero, but also an army of …

After years of development and months of localisation efforts, Throne and Liberty is now available across the globe on PC and consoles.

In the wake of its position as one of the most valuable companies in the world, Amazon has been trying to break into the video games industry through the acquisition of Twitch, the creation of its Amazon Luna streaming service, and of course the launch of Amazon Games. Unfortunately, the …

Amazon Games has been signing some key partnerships recently with third-party developers. A couple of months on from agreeing to publish the next AAA Tomb Raider game from Crystal Dynamics, Amazon has now announced a new partnership with Maverick Games, a studio created by former Playground Games veterans, and yes, …

Amazon Games has remained in the US & Canada since its inception but with publishing and development activities picking up in recent years, it is time to expand. Now, Amazon Games is opening up its first game studio in Europe. The new studio will be based in Bucharest, Romania, joining …

New World got off to a hot start but after the initial launch, the hype died down considerably for Amazon's big MMO project. The studio is looking to respark things this year though with a new expansion. New World: Rise of the Angry Earth is the MMO's first official expansion, …

Amazon Games teamed up with Bandai Namco to bring the anime-inspired MMO Blue Protocol to the West in 2023. Unfortunately, the game needs more time, so while it will still release in Japan this year, the Western version won't arrive until 2024.  Amazon has worked to bring other popular Asia-only …

Amazon has already been working with Embracer Group, having formed a deal that will see Amazon publishing the next Tomb Raider game. Now, Amazon has entered a new license agreement with Embracer, paving the way for Amazon to develop its own Lord of the Rings MMO.  Amazon and Embracer Group …

While Amazon has struggled a bit on the game development side, the company has been much more successful in publishing. Amazon Games has already had one hugely successful publishing deal with Lost Ark and in the future, it will also publish Tomb Raider in collaboration with Crystal Dynamics. Now, Amazon …

We've known for some time now that Amazon is teaming up with Crystal Dynamics to publish the next major Tomb Raider game, which will reportedly be officially unveiled later this year. As it turns out, the deal may reach beyond gaming, with rumours now claiming that Amazon is making a …

Over the course of 2021, there were several indications that Crystal Dynamics has begun pre-production on the next major Tomb Raider game. In April, the studio has officially confirmed this, announcing that a new Tomb Raider game is in development using Unreal Engine 5. Now, the upcoming title also has a …

Amazon Games had a hit on its hands earlier this year with Lost Ark, which swiftly broke records when it launched on Steam worldwide. For now, the game is a PC exclusive, but Lost Ark could follow in the footsteps of other major ARPGs with a console release later on.  …

Earlier this week, the early access launch for Lost Ark impressed us with its massive concurrent player numbers, peaking at over 500,000 active players. Last night, the game had its free to play launch, opening the game up to all players and as you might expect, player numbers jumped significantly, …

Smilegate has been making a name for itself in the west in recent years after bringing titles like CrossfireX over. Now, the company seems to be enjoying even more success with the western release of Lost Ark, an online action-RPG that has swiftly become a hit on Steam.  Lost Ark …

Earlier this week, a number of RTX 3090 owners began reporting issues with their graphics card after playing Amazon's upcoming MMO, New World, which is currently in closed beta. Due to the apparent severity of this issue, Amazon Games has now responded with a statement...

Back when we told you about the partnership between Smilegate RPG and Amazon, we've pointed to Lost Ark as the most probable game to come out from this partnership. This week, during Summer Game Fest 2021, we got confirmation.  Lost Ark is an MMORPG set in the fantasy world of …