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Amazon Officially Cancels Their Lord Of The Rings Game Posted on The Lord Of The Rings video game that was being produced by Amazon Game Studios has officially been canceled by the studio. Surprisingly, this one doesn't seem to be because Amazon decided to cut bait and give up on it like they have other projects that past couple of years, but more for the fact that they could not agree with the other party involved, Tencent Games. According to Bloomberg, AGS has been working on the game alongside the China-based developer Leyou Technologies Holdings Ltd. for nearly two years. Stop us if you...

JC Torres - Feb 4, 2021, 12:23am CST No one was really surprised though the disappointment and the fear were still thick when Google made a bombshell announcement on Monday. Although it doesn’t affect the game streaming service directly, the shutdown of the first-party Stadia Games & Entertainment studio still puts Google’s commitment into question. In the midst of that uncertainty both for game streaming and for the e-commerce giant itself, newly-named Amazon CEO Andy Jassy reaffirmed his commitment to this market, despite repeated failures of the company’s own Amazo...

(Pocket-lint) - Incoming Amazon CEO, Andy Jassy, has confirmed that the company's game development arm is going nowhere. After Google decided to close its Stadia Games and Entertainment business, and cancel the games it had in development, attention was turned to the troubled Amazon Game Studios. Its only major game released so far - Crucible - was withdrawn from market after poor reception, then ditched entirely. However, in a leaked email to staff, Jassy praised AGS head Mike Frazzini and explained that it his intention Amazon will "hang on in there" when it comes to games: "Some businesses...

Google will wind down game development studios as tech giants struggle to break into gaming February 1, 2021 at 5:24 pm (Stadia Images) Both Google and Amazon have more than enough tools and resources that they’d need to stake a claim in the market. The problem is that both seem to want to simply win by showing up, and that’s not something you can do in video games. It’s been a rough few days for the gaming arms at the tech giants, which are suffering setbacks in their attempts to break into the industry. Bloomberg last week delved into the internal culture at Amazon Game Studios. The g...

According to  Bloomberg‘s report, among the most glaring issues that has faced the company’s games division has been its manager Mike Frazzini, a veteran at Amazon but one with no prior game development experience. That lack of experience, in turn, has tended to frustrate developers when Frazzini would ignore or go against their advice and decisions, leading many to leave the studio entirely. The report also detailed that Amazon’s in-development projects often suffered in focus and scale, with many teams trying to create projects that would rival established franchises and IP like  Ov...