Amazon Games announced it is opening its first new development studio in Europe, based in Bucharest, to support its portfolio.

After laying off 100 employees in April, Amazon Games is holding another round of layoffs with 180 employees set to lose their jobs according to a new report from Aftermath. In an internal email, Amazon Games VP Christoph Hartmann says part of the reason for the layoffs is the company listening to customers. “We’ve listened […]

Amazon Games has announced a new massively multiplayer online (MMO) game set in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. The game, which is currently in development, will be published and developed by Amazon Games. The Lord of the Rings MMO will be set in Middle-earth and will feature the stories of […]

Back in 2017, Amazon Game Studios was on a hiring spree. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and Fortnite were proving to be unprecedented successes in the gaming scene, and everyone was taking note. Amazon wanted to chase the trends and greenlit a Battle Royale experience codenamed Intensity. The game wasn’t just any old Battle Royale though, Amazon had […]