Amazon Games Goes Through Another Round Of Layoffs, 180 Employees Affected
George Yang
11/13/2023
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. "We’ve listened to our customers, and we know delivering free games every month is what they want most, so we are refining our Prime benefit to increase our focus there," Amazon Games vice president Christoph Hartmann said in an email to employees.He continued, "With these changes in our business approach come changes to our resourcing, resulting in the elimination of just over 180 roles." Crown Channel is one of Amazon's channels on Twitch, focusing on ad-supported original programming.Continue Reading at GameSpot...
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