Amazon Reportedly Forced Devs To Make A GenAI Game And Then Laid Them Off When It Wasn’t Working

Amazon Games reportedly pushed Project Trident to pivot to a generative-AI game under tight deadlines to avoid cuts.

The project changed direction multiple times, missed expectations, and was eventually canceled in Amazon’s October layoffs.

The cuts also hit other first-party game efforts, adding to uncertainty around Amazon’s broader games strategy.

Amazon says it is still exploring another Tolkien-based game, even as the future of its Lord of the Rings MMO remains unclear.