Amazon’s Lord of the Rings MMO reportedly cancelled

Earlier this week, Amazon underwent a new round of layoffs, removing much of the Amazon Games division and cancelling multiple projects. As it turns out, Amazon's major game, an online Lord of the Rings title, has also been cancelled amid this shake-up. 

New World isn't the only major MMO from Amazon impacted by the layoffs this week. As reported by VGC, one Amazon Games worker shared on LinkedIn that they had been let go, alongside their entire team. These people were all working on The Lord of the Rings MMO project.

It was reported that Amazon Games will no longer focus on Massively Multiplayer Online Games due to how expensive they are to make and maintain. Moving forward, a smaller Amazon Games team will focus smaller, cheaper projects instead, assuming Amazon Games isn't shut down altogether.

Amazon has announced its plans to create a Lord of the Rings MMO back in 2023. Amazon also had an agreement in place with LOTR rights holder, Embracer Group, to publish the next Tomb Raider game. It is unclear if plans for the next Tomb Raider were affected by the layoffs this week.

KitGuru Says: We aren't getting a new LOTR MMO, but The Lord of the Rings Online does still exist for anyone who doesn't mind playing something a bit older. 

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