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Amazon pressured one of its teams to develop an AI game, they scrambled to make it work (opens in new tab)

Covered by 13 sources including Polygon, KotakuDiscussed on Hacker News, r/Games, r/PS5, r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, and r/pcgaming

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Amazon says it wants to win gaming, but won't be the next Xbox

Amazon Reportedly Forced Devs To Make A GenAI Game And Then Laid Them Off When It Wasn’t Working

Game Developer·

Report: Amazon cancels The Lord of the Rings MMO

Jank Mail: Mixed Takes

Rock Paper Shotgun·

The Sunday Papers

Rock Paper Shotgun·

Canned Lord of the Rings MMO now formally cast aside, Amazon claim they've still got a game "that does justice to Tolkien's world" in the works

Amazon hurled its Lord of the Rings MMO back into the fires of Mount Doom

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Amazon reportedly cancels Lord of the Rings MMO

Discussed on r/pcgaming

Amazon Confirms It's Working on 'A Compelling New Game Experience That Does Justice to Tolkien's World,' as Its The Lord of the Rings MMO Falls by the Wayside

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Amazon reportedly had a studio pivot away from a game 'everyone was excited by' to make something with more AI stuffed in it, then laid them all off anyway