New Lord of the Rings Game Canceled
… It's now believed that after the layoffs, the only MMO developers left at Amazon are those trying to wind down already-released MMOs like New World , Throne and Liberty , and Lost Ark .
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Amazon reportedly cancels Lord of the Rings MMO
Amazon has reportedly cancelled its Lord of the Rings MMO, according to sources familiar with the project. As Eurogamer reports, the cancellation occurred shortly after layoffs last October that impacted Amazon's Games division. …
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After Telling Fans To "Move On" From LOTR Online, Amazon Cancels Its Lord Of The Rings MMO
… The slow cancellation of Amazon's Lord of the Rings MMO is especially ironic considering the Lord of the Rings Online is still going strong after nearly 20 years . …
Amazon hurled its Lord of the Rings MMO back into the fires of Mount Doom - Engadget
… Amazon passively confirmed the cancellation of the Lord of the Rings MMO to Eurogamer , which asked for a comment after hearing from studio insiders this year that it was officially shelved. …
It seems Amazon canned the Lord of the Rings MMO while somehow simultaneously working on a different LOTR game
… That outlet previously published news that the MMO was almost certainly canceled after it had a skeleton crew working on it for a while prior to New World developers being switched to it following that MMO’s demise. …
Amazon Games Was Reportedly A Bigger Mess Than We Knew
… In a memo explaining the layoffs’ impact on the company’s gaming division at the time, Steve Boom, head of Amazon Games, Twitch, and audio, wrote, “We have made the difficult decision to halt a significant amount of our first-party AAA game development work — specifically around MMOs — within Amazo… …
Amazon pressured one of its teams to develop an AI game, they scrambled to make it work - then got laid off anyway
… For New World, for instance, conversations about how to use the technology were common, though critically no generative AI was used to create assets for the game, according to a former developer on the MMO and one source familiar with AI development at Amazon Game Studios. …
New Tomb Raider Games Were Impacted By Amazon Cuts - Kotaku
… While the retail giant canceled many projects, including a Lord of the Rings MMO, it is still committed to publishing two upcoming Tomb Raider games. But although those plans haven’t changed, Amazon’s retreat from gaming has indeed had an impact on both titles. …