Amazon cancels Lord of the Rings MMO for the second time
The most widespread reaction I’ve seen to Amazon laying off 30,000 people from its gaming division has been “Amazon had a gaming division?” That isn’t surprising in itself; none of Amazon Games’ releases (mostly generic fantasy MMOs) ever came close to breaching the mainstream despite massive teams and functionally unlimited budget.
We could speculate ab…
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