Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings MMO appears to have been canceled as part of sweeping layoffs that hit the company’s gaming business hard. This week, Amazon confirmed it was walking away from making ...

Just yesterday, Amazon revealed that its four-year-old fantasy MMORPG New World would be coming to an end with no future DLC or updates planned – and now, it seems that its other in-progress Lord of ...

Amazon's The Lord of the Rings MMO has reportedly been cancelled, according to former senior gameplay engineer at Amazon Games Ashleigh Amrine in a now deleted LinkedIn post spotted by Rock Payer ...

Amazon has cut 14,000 jobs (and is suspected to potentially hit 30,000), and with it, its massively multiplayer online (MMO) game ambitions went straight into the trash. Not only did New World get ...

TL;DR: Amazon is significantly scaling back its first-party game development, canceling major projects like the Lord of the Rings MMORPG and shifting focus to casual and AI-driven games. New World ...

Amazon Games‘ upcoming The Lord of the Ring MMO has reportedly been shelved in wake of the studio announcing a number of company layoffs. While nothing official has been confirmed by Amazon Games yet, ...

Some years ago, Amazon paid an Erebor’s worth of gold for the rights to J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth film and TV rights. Around $1 billion in human money. In addition to feature films, this deal ...

Amazon has reportedly cancelled its second attempt at developing a Lord of the Rings MMO, following a new round of layoffs at Amazon Games. The news came from former senior gameplay engineer Ashleigh ...

Scott Baird is a contributor with over a decade's experience writing about video games, along with board games and tabletop RPGs. Scott has previously worked for Dexerto, Cracked, Dorkly, and Gamepur.

Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings MMO appears to have been canceled as part of sweeping layoffs that hit the company’s gaming business hard. That sparked concern for The Lord of the Rings MMO. Now, one ...