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Amazon Game Studios Lord of the Rings MMO Reportedly Cancelled Again Amidst Amazon’s Mass Layoffs

The Lord of the Rings and Amazon Games logos in an office setting.

Amidst a massive layoff at Amazon, which cut 14,000+ employees and killed further development of New World: Aeternum, has also reportedly killed (for a second time) the Lord of the Rings MMO that was in production at Amazon Game Studios. Spotted by Rock Paper Shotgun, a now former Amazon Game Studios senior gameplay engineer, Ashleigh Amrine, confirmed in a post on her personal LinkedIn page that the “fledgling Lord of the Rings game” was part of the cuts at Amazon. “This morning I was part of layoffs at Amazon Games, alongside my incredibly talented peers on New World and our […]

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