The layoffs coincide with the world’s greatest gaming convention.
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Amazon Sport Studios laid off workers this week, the tech firm confirmed on Friday. The layoffs come in the course of the week of E3, the world’s greatest gaming convention. Amazon Sport Studios, launched in 2012, makes video games together with New World, The Grand Tour Sport and Crucible. It has studios in San Diego and Orange County, California, and at Amazon’s HQ in Seattle.
“Amazon Sport Studios is reorganizing a few of our groups to permit us to prioritize growth of New World, Crucible and new unannounced initiatives we’re excited to disclose sooner or later,” an Amazon spokesperson instructed CNET in an emailed assertion.
Amazon did not say how many individuals had been affected by the job cuts.
The spokesperson added that the corporate is working to “align assets to match evolving, long-range priorities.”
“Amazon is deeply dedicated to video games and continues to take a position closely in Amazon Sport Studios, Twitch, Twitch Prime, AWS, our retail companies and different areas inside Amazon,” the spokesperson stated.
One one who was laid off stated Amazon Sport Studios instructed workers that they had 60 days to discover a new place inside Amazon, in any other case they’d obtain a severance bundle, Kotaku reported Friday.
Based on Kotaku, Amazon has additionally canceled a number of unannounced video games.
The information follows Amazon Sport Studios confirming the cancellation of its aggressive online game Breakaway final yr “after lots of soul looking out.”
