Amazon guts staff again, gaming leadership exits, and the company keeps drifting from making games toward cloud-first bets.
Amazon layoffs keep stacking up
Amazon confirms another round cutting over 16,000 roles.
Previous cuts already slammed multiple divisions.
This wave targets core corporate operations.
Artificial intelligence efficiency is cited internally.
Amazon Game Studios fallout
Amazon Game Studios lost its top executive.
Christoph Hartmann exited during restructuring.
His departure reads as voluntary, not forced.
No public statement from Hartmann yet.
Studios already hit before
Amazon shut down New World Aeternum.
A Lord of the Rings MMO got scrapped.
Earlier layoffs hit Amazon Game Studios hard.
Morale around internal...