Amazon Game Studios Laid Off Employees On The Last Day Of E3

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Amazon’s video game division quietly laid off dozens of employees.

Amazon Game Studios, which is currently developing the online games Crucible and New World, told affected employees on Thursday morning that they would have 60 days to look for new positions within Amazon, according to one person who was laid off. At the end of that buffer period, if they fail to find employment, they will receive severance packages.


Amazon also canceled some unannounced games, that person told Kotaku.

The company wouldn’t say exactly how many employees it laid off, but confirmed the news when reached by Kotaku today.
 
I've never even heard of those 2 games in development or anything else they've ever worked on. Every time I hear about AGS I'm surprised it's still a thing....
 
Didn't recognize the name but in looking them up I realize they're the remnants of 2 predecessor developers who merged, one of which being the Collective, and that just makes me remember the cancelled vampire hunter game 'Harker'.