Amazon Lays Off Around 100 Games Division Employees, But Game Dev Teams Will Expand

Around 100 Amazon employees working in its gaming divisions have been laid off, with the cuts affecting those working at the company's San Diego development studio, as well Prime Gaming and Game Growth divisions.

Amazon Games vice president Christoph Hartmann, in a memo to employees (via Bloomberg), said that going forward, Amazon will "continue to invest in our internal development efforts, and our teams will continue to grow as our projects progress."

Hartmann said remaining employees at Amazon's San Diego studio will "double down" on pre-production of a currently unannounced project, and that the company's Montreal-based development studio, which is working on another unannounced project, will expand.

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