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Amazon cancels Lord of the Rings MMO for the second time

Grant St. Clair
Nov 03, 2025
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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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