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    Amazon has announced plans to lay off another 180 employees from its video games division. The company confirmed the division’s second round of cuts this year after Aftermath reported that it was closing its Crown Twitch channel and its Game Growth team as part of a larger goal of refocusing its efforts around Prime Gaming.

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    Amazon Games has laid off 180 employees across Crown Channel and the Game Growth team. The cuts are part of a larger goal to focus more on Prime Gaming. Amazon Games confirmed the layoffs to Aftermath.

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    Why did Amazon layoff a gaming company?
    The layoffs included employees in the Game Growth group, Amazon’s San Diego gaming studio, and Prime Gaming, an offering targeted for members of Amazon’s mainstay loyalty program, Christoph Hartmann, vice president of Amazon Games, wrote in the memo.

    Amazon lays off more than 100 employees in its video games ... - CNBC

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    Are Amazon's Game Studios affected by the 'Crown Channel' layoffs?
    Amazon's game studios appear to be unaffected by these latest layoffs. Crown Channel was a Twitch channel backed by Amazon, the platform's parent company. It offered regular gaming shows with well known streamers and content creators. A Bloomberg report from February claimed Amazon was artificially inflating the channel's viewership.

    Amazon lays off 180 people from its game division

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    What are Amazon's new layoffs?
    The new changes follow layoffs announced in April of more than 100 staffers in Amazon’s games organization. Those layoffs affected staffers in Prime Gaming, Game Growth, and at the company’s San Diego studio. More broadly, Amazon has cut thousands of jobs throughout this year.

    Amazon is getting rid of its gaming content channel amid larger games

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    What happened to Amazon's gaming divisions?
    Amazon laid off around 100 employees from its various gaming divisions as part of a larger round of mass layoffs that affected around 9,,000 employees. Around 400 of those laid off were from Twitch, the popular streaming platform that Amazon acquired in 2014. The products discussed here were independently chosen by our editors.

    Amazon Lays Off Around 100 Games Division Employees, But Game De…

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    Will Amazon restructure its gaming business?
    According to Amazon spokesperson Brittney Hefner, the restructuring will focus Amazon’s gaming efforts on its “primary business” of creating games in-house — like , its 2021 massive multiplayer title and a forthcoming — and publishing games from outside developers. The company provided the full memo to staff, which is embedded below.

    Amazon Games will close its Crown channel on Twitch and cut 180 jobs …

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    Will Amazon's development studios expand despite layoffs?
    Despite the layoffs, some of Amazon's internal development studios, including the one behind New World, will actually expand.

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    Amazon is getting rid of its gaming content channel …

    Nov 13, 2023 · Amazon is laying off 180 staffers in its games division and shutting down its Crown channel on Twitch. It is also refocusing its Prime Gaming benefit on free games for Amazon Prime subscribers.

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    Amazon Has Laid Off 180 Workers From Its Games …

    Tech giant Amazon has announced another wave of layoffs this year, with its games division eliminating 180 positions.

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    Amazon Lays Off Around 100 Games Division …

    Apr 4, 2023 · 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...

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    Amazon cuts 180 jobs in games division - Polygon

    Nov 13, 2023 · Amazon has laid off more than 180 workers from its Crown Channel and Game Growth programs, which were focused on Twitch and Prime Gaming. The company said it is refocusing its efforts on making...

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    Amazon lays off more employees from gaming division …

    Nov 13, 2023 · The company is shutting down two gaming initiatives, Crown Channel and Game Growth, according to an internal memo from Christoph Hartmann, vice president of Amazon Games.

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    Amazon Games Goes Through Another Round Of Layoffs, 180 …

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    Amazon’s games division is laying off another 180 …

    Nov 13, 2023 · Amazon has announced plans to lay off another 180 employees from its video games division. The company confirmed the division’s second round of cuts this year after Aftermath reported that it was closing its Crown …

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    Amazon lays off 180 people from its game division

    Nov 14, 2023 · Amazon has laid off 180 people from its games division, including the entirety of the Crown Channel Twitch channel and the Game Growth team.

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