Blue Protocol, a short-lived MMORPG from Bandai Namco, is shutting down permanently in January 2025, with financial reasons cited for its closure. Players will no longer be able to access the ...

You've seen New World before, sure, but have you seen New World: Aeternum? This soft relaunch of Amazon Game Studio's flagging 2021 MMORPG is what the company is calling a 'spiritual sequel' to the ...

When New World was released in 2021, it attracted hundreds of thousands of players. Three years later, almost all of them were gone and the MMO was declared dead. But with New World: Aeternum came a ...

Once considered the next big competitor in the MMORPG space, Amazon Game Studios is now exiting the scene entirely. The massive publisher started their journey with Lost Ark, only to create New World ...

FF14 Dawntrail is now out in full force. WoW The War Within is coming fast over the horizon. But landing right between the two genre titans, new Amazon MMORPG Throne and Liberty is hoping to catch ...

New World: Aeternum's developers deserved so much better. Full stop. The MMO, which was one of the only new real Western-developed MMOs to release in the last five years, was announced to be going ...

Amazon has significantly downscaled its video game efforts in the midst of nearly 14,000 layoffs at the company at large. Amidst those changes, the company has reportedly canceled its second attempt ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Jagneaux is a writer and analyst, covering MMOs and retro games. The never-ending carousel of game industry layoffs ...

With FF14 Dawntrail and WoW The War Within both set for launch soon, kickstarting a new MMORPG is a scary prospect. Yet Amazon's newcomer Throne and Liberty makes some big promises, offering a free-to ...

Amazon has reportedly cancelled its second attempt at developing a Lord of the Rings MMO, following a new round of layoffs at Amazon Games. The news came from former senior gameplay engineer Ashleigh ...

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Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings MMO appears to have been canceled as part of sweeping layoffs that hit the company’s gaming business hard. That sparked concern for The Lord of the Rings MMO. Now, one ...