Well, that blows.
Ah, the last day of E3. A magical day, where almost no one has any energy left. A day where dogs shit on the carpet. And, coincidentally this year, the day that Amazon Game Studios laid off dozens of employees.
Those employees were reportedly given 60 days to find a new position in the company, or they’d be leaving (with severance, of course). This also meant the cancellation of some of the games these people were working on. That said, the studio is neither shutting down nor canning their entire lineup. As a matter of fact, they reportedly did so to focus on two upcoming games: New World and Crucible. Per their statement to Kotaku:
Amazon Game Studios is reorganizing some of our teams to allow us to prioritize development of New World, Crucible, and new unannounced projects we’re excited to reveal in the future. These moves are the result of regular business planning cycles where we align resources to match evolving, long-range priorities. We’re working closely with all employees affected by these changes to assist them in finding new roles within Amazon. Amazon is deeply committed to games and continues to invest heavily in Amazon Game Studios, Twitch, Twitch Prime, AWS, our retail businesses, and other areas within Amazon.
Granted, the decision makes little sense anyway. If you’re focusing on these specific projects, it would probably make more sense to shuffle these employees onto these games, rather than give them 60 days to figure out what else they can do. Would probably get those games done faster, all I’m saying. Either way, uh, good luck to all those affected by that decision.
Source: Engadget
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