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 ...

Amazon Games‘ upcoming The Lord of the Ring MMO has reportedly been shelved in wake of the studio announcing a number of company layoffs. While nothing official has been confirmed by Amazon Games yet, ...

The old saying about brilliant fires dies quickly has taken on a painfully new meaning for New World: Aeternum’s community. Amazon Game Studios has decided to halt all future content updates for this ...

Amazon's The Lord of the Rings MMO has reportedly been cancelled, according to former senior gameplay engineer at Amazon Games Ashleigh Amrine in a now deleted LinkedIn post spotted by Rock Payer ...

The road to Middle-earth has ended once again for Amazon Game Studios, following the news that the giant has officially canceled its Lord of the Rings massively multiplayer online role-playing game ...

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 ...

Scott Baird is a contributor with over a decade's experience writing about video games, along with board games and tabletop RPGs. Scott has previously worked for Dexerto, Cracked, Dorkly, and Gamepur.

Some years ago, Amazon paid an Erebor’s worth of gold for the rights to J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth film and TV rights. Around $1 billion in human money. In addition to feature films, this deal ...