Today, The Lord of the Rings Online launched its latest expansion, Kingdoms of Harad, though it hasn't been the smoothest of ...

Amazon has reportedly cancelled its second attempt at developing a Lord of the Rings MMO, following a new round of layoffs at Amazon Games. The news came from former senior gameplay engineer Ashleigh ...

Amazon Games‘ upcoming The Lord of the Ring MMO has reportedly been shelved in wake of the studio announcing a number of company layoffs. While nothing official has been confirmed by Amazon Games yet, ...

Amazon has cut 14,000 jobs (and is suspected to potentially hit 30,000), and with it, its massively multiplayer online (MMO) game ambitions went straight into the trash. Not only did New World get ...

The road to Middle-earth has ended once again for Amazon Game Studios, following the news that the giant has officially canceled its Lord of the Rings massively multiplayer online role-playing game ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Jagneaux is a writer and analyst, covering MMOs and retro games. The never-ending carousel of game industry layoffs ...

New World: Aeternum's developers deserved so much better. Full stop. The MMO, which was one of the only new real Western-developed MMOs to release in the last five years, was announced to be going ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Layoffs and studio closures seem to be the norm in today’s gaming industry, and today, another ...