Amazon pressured one of its teams to develop an AI game, they scrambled to make it work - then got laid off anyway
Developers at Amazon Game Studios were laid off in October 2025, following a company-wide push to integrate generative AI into game development. Project Trident, an AI-powered third-person action game, was cancelled despite internal promise and adherence to the AI mandate. The layoffs affected multiple teams, including those working on New World and The Lord of the Rings MMO, as Amazon shifted its strategy away from big-budget internal development.
- Entities
- Company: Amazon
- Game: Masters of the Universe: Legends Unite
- Topic: Artificial Intelligence
- Game: Lord of the Rings Online
- Person: Steven Bloom
- Game: Courtroom Chaos
- Topic: Layoffs
- Game: Throne & Liberty
- Game: Lost Ark
- Person: Beth Galetti
- Game: Lara Croft
- Company: Amazon Game Studios
- Topic: Game Development
- Game: New World
- Person: Cristoph Hartmann
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