Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Jagneaux is a writer and analyst, covering MMOs and retro games. The never-ending carousel of game industry layoffs ...

Amazon is walking away from making new content from its MMO, New World, amid huge layoffs affecting 14,000 roles at the company. Now, there is concern over the status of its The Lord of the Rings MMO.

Near the end of 2025, Amazon Game Studios announced that New World: Aeternum's time was nearing an end. Following the game's Season 10 rollout, as well as a copious amount of layoffs at Amazon, ...

Amazon Games has confirmed that New World, its once-ambitious massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), will no longer receive new content updates. In a statement posted on the game's ...

Four years ago, Amazon Games launched MMORPG New World. The game has been through a rollercoaster of happenings, including getting a refresh when it hit consoles as New World: Aeternum. Now, following ...

At the end of October, Amazon announced massive layoffs affecting up to 30,000 office positions across the entire company. The gaming division, Amazon Game Studios, was particularly hard hit, with the ...

Amazon has laid off a ton of workers today, including many of its game-related teams at Amazon Game Studios. A report by an industry insider at Bloomberg revealed that over 30,000 employees are ...

Things have dwindled in recent months, however, and now the player base is facing an ending to their adventure, whether or not they want it to come to a halt or not. However, some unexpected help ...

MMO New World: Aeternum is officially ending development but will remain online through 2026, Amazon Games has revealed. The news comes in wake of news that the company is cutting a number of jobs in ...

Yesterday, Amazon announced that it was cutting 14,000 jobs as it pivots towards the usage of AI. According to reporting from Bloomberg, those job cuts include “gutting” its video game division. While ...