Amazon Games hit with layoffs, but ‘the New World team in Irvine will grow’
Amazon is apparently continuing its mass layoffs, as this week the company slashed jobs even more relevant to MMO fans than Twitch: This time, the cuts include Amazon Games’ San Diego branch. According to CNBC, that brings the total layoffs from Amazon over the last few rounds to something like 27,000 people.06 Jun 2023New World developers talk sandworms and Season 2 rewards in Forged in AeternumMassivelyOp ︎05 Jun 2023Season 2 - Blood of the Sands: Season Pass PreviewSteam ︎05 Jun 2023Elder Scrolls Online’s Necrom chapter is officially live – here’s the launch trailer!MassivelyOp ︎03 Jun 2023New World begins testing Blood of the Sands seasonal updateMassivelyOp ︎02 Jun 2023Amazon confirms Blue Protocol’s western delay and closed beta test on the wayMassivelyOp ︎30 May 2023New World devs discuss PvP, DPS meters, raids, and the future of First Light housingMassivelyOp ︎29 May 2023Forged in Aeternum - Community QA May 2023Steam ︎29 May 2023Blue Protocol’s latest Japanese teaser trailer release focuses on character creation optionsMassivelyOp ︎26 May 2023New World shares PTR patch notes for its second season but is forced to delay public testingMassivelyOp ︎26 May 2023Blue Protocol shows off combat trailer ahead of next month’s Japanese launchMassivelyOp ︎26 May 2023Season 2 - Blood of the Sands: PTR Release NotesSteam ︎24 May 2023Blue Protocol drops location flythrough trailer ahead of Japanese launchMassivelyOp ︎23 May 2023Anime MMO Blue Protocol's western release has been pushed into 2024RPS ︎23 May 2023New World’s Australian Sutekh server is no longer a fresh start world because of small population sizeMassivelyOp ︎23 May 2023New World Update 1.9.4Steam ︎23 May 2023Season 2 - Blood of the Sands AnnouncementSteam ︎23 May 2023New World announces second season, Blood of the Sands, launching July 6MassivelyOp ︎23 May 2023Blue Protocol’s global release is delayed to 2024, Japanese version launches June 14MassivelyOp ︎22 May 2023Deprecation of “Fresh Start” Status for World SutekhSteam ︎22 May 2023New World offers a minor video on minor updatesMassivelyOp ︎22 May 2023Forged in Aeternum: How We Plan for Minor UpdatesSteam ︎20 May 2023LOTRO Legendarium: Amazon plays at making a Lord of the Rings MMO… againMassivelyOp ︎18 May 2023Embers Adrift tees up another free-play weekend starting June 2MassivelyOp ︎17 May 2023New World’s Fury of the Spriggan event descends upon players next weekMassivelyOp ︎17 May 2023Fury of the SprigganSteam ︎16 May 2023New World devs talk loot, progression, crafting, and the player-driven economyMassivelyOp ︎15 May 2023Forged in Aeternum: Rewards and ProgressionSteam ︎11 May 2023New World of Warcraft specialization promises 'a playstyle never seen before'PC Gamer ︎11 May 2023New World yanks some of its seasonal challenges for being too challengingMassivelyOp ︎10 May 2023New World improves quest progression, Springtide Bloom event, and world economy with its latest patchMassivelyOp ︎09 May 2023New World Update 1.9.3Steam ︎09 May 2023New World video talks test server phases and why buggy patches still sometimes happenMassivelyOp ︎08 May 2023Forged in Aeternum - Finalizing a ReleaseSteam ︎08 May 2023Vitae Aeternum: A love letter to all that New World does wellMassivelyOp ︎06 May 2023New World patches in massive buffs to the humdrum Springtide Bloom eventMassivelyOp ︎