'Significant' Layoffs Are Set to Hit Amazon Game Studios 1

Amazon Game Studios is set to feel the effects of a company-wide round of layoffs.

As reported by Bloomberg, the number of people affected was not disclosed, only that the job cuts in the company's video game division will be "significant".

Overall, the layoffs across the whole company will amount to an eye-watering 14,000 redundancies.

The video game-related cuts will mostly affect offices in Irvine and San Diego. Amazon has also said it'll be reducing its work on big-budget games, particularly its MMOs such as New World.

Here's a quote from Steve Boom, vice president of Audio, Twitch, and Games, sent to staff in an email:

"While we’re proud of our successes in first-party AAA game development and publishing, we have made the difficult decision to halt a significant amount of our first-party AAA game development work – specifically around MMOs – within Amazon Game Studios, including making significant role reductions in our studios in Irvine and San Diego, as well as our central publishing team."

It sounds as though work is set to continue on other Amazon Game Studios projects, such as Tomb Raider, but unfortunately the number of people is set to shrink.

Layoffs have been rife in the video game space for a good couple of years or so, and sadly this is the latest major example. This year, varying degrees of layoffs have hit EA, Xbox, People Can Fly, Bend Studio, and many more.

[source bloomberg.com]