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Amazon gaming chief explains why Lord of the Rings MMO has been canceled

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As you might remember, the new Lord of the Rings MMO was only announced a few years ago after Amazon Games, formerly Amazon Game Studios, announced that it was teaming up with Leyou Technologies and Middle-earth Enterprises to get it done again in 2019 but things fell apart Last year, the project was canceled entirely. The reason stated at the time was a feud between Tencent, which acquired Leyou, and Amazon, but a new interview with Amazon Games president Christoph Hartmann sheds more light on exactly what happened. “We made…

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Amazon gaming coach thinks gaming can become a monopoly

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Christoph Hartmann, president of Amazon Games, thinks there’s a lot of consolidation happening in the games industry. Over the past few years, there has been almost an arms race between the big companies to buy the best talent and bring them into the company. Microsoft has been a major player when it comes to buying games with smaller studios and big names like Bethesda and Activision. PlayStation also ramped things up in its acquisition of Insomniac Games and Bungie. It doesn’t look like that’s near the end either, especially if…

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Free Amazon Prime Gaming for September revealed

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August is coming to a close, and as usual, that means Amazon’s Prime Gaming is ready to reveal what’s coming in September. This time around, eight different video games will be available. More specifically, the free video games available as part of the September 2022 subscription service are Assassin’s Creed Origins, Football Manager 2022, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Game of the Year EditionAnd the Digging, defending the rook, we. Revolution, the castle on the coast, And the Law Word: Death Masks Collector’s Edition. All the usual caveats apply, of course.…

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The missing roadmap reveals the next category

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missing coffin The creators of Smilegate RPG and Amazon Games shared a look at what’s coming after the game including a preview of the next game category: Machinist. It’s an advanced class which means you’ll likely learn about some of the other Gunner classes before enrolling in it, but you’ll be able to try it out in September. This and other features are outlined in a roadmap shared this week that roughly covers what’s planned for the next two months. The mechanic is definitely the highlight of the roadmap, however,…

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Amazon Games announces a new multiplayer action game

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Amazon Games has more online games in the pipeline. Amazon is trying very hard to build itself as a worthy competitor in the gaming arena, although it has faced some difficulties over the past few years. The first really big game, crucible, which launched in May of 2020 before returning to closed beta status later that summer. In October of the same year, the game was essentially canceled and closed after it was decided that the game had no sustainable future. It was a rather general failure, but Amazon has…

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New World Update Adds New PvP Arenas Mode, Patch Notes Released

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New World has received a new update today, and it’s a very big one! While Amazon Games has added a number of bug fixes and quality-of-life changes, players can also look forward to the new 3v3 Arenas mode, pitting two teams of three players against one another. The PvP mode is available to players at level 20 or above, and can be accessed anywhere through the Modes menu. There’s also a new PvP reward track, new expedition mutators, a new Vanagarian Knights episode, and more! Full patch notes from the…

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Free Amazon Prime Gaming for June revealed

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Now that May is drawing to a close, Amazon’s Prime Gaming has officially announced the new titles that will be available for free to Amazon Prime subscribers in June 2022. Free games and other in-game loot are a regular feature of Prime Gaming, though availability tends to rotate on monthly basis. In total, June 2022 will see six different video games available to claim in the form of Far Cry 4, Escape from Monkey Island, Astrologaster, Through the Canyons, CalicoAnd WRC 8 FIA World Rally Championship. As with other similar…

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New World Live Update, patch notes released

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Amazon Games has released a new update to the public test world for new worldAfter a short pause. The PTR update doesn’t offer anything too big, but the game’s official Twitter account is already there Thrilling “secrets” that may soon be revealed. For now, fans will have to settle for this update, which brings a slew of bug fixes to weapons, rewards, missions, and more. It remains to be seen how these changes will improve new world, but hopefully the sheer number of them will lead to a better game…

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Lost Ark details plan to continue fighting robots

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The popular free video game missing coffin It hasn’t been out for very long in North America, but even though it was only released earlier this year, it still has trouble with bots over and over again. Amazon Games and Smilegate RPG have continued efforts to resolve the issue and combat bots, and have now provided an update on how it intends to continue fighting the ongoing issue with them. “where missing coffin Launched, we’ve been waging a war against bots infiltrating Arkesia,” reads official update in part. Dealing with…

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The missing Ark developers have confirmed that they may update the contents

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missing coffin Content plans for April were set in stone before that month’s update arrived, but the plans for May were a bit less certain. Smilegate RPG and Amazon Games have expressed concerns that players may not be at a level where they can comfortably receive the next stage of endgame content without players feeling as if they have been pressured to speed up their pace or spend real money, if that proves to be the best. In case, the game’s creators said they would delay some content. In the…

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