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Amazon cancels Lord of the Rings MMO amid studio layoffs

Amazon has officially canceled its ambitious Lord of the Rings MMO, which was in development at Amazon Games Orange County. The project's fate was uncertain following significant layoffs in Amazon's Games division in October 2025, which saw a pullback from major game investments, particularly MMOs. While this specific MMO is dead, Amazon still holds the rights to create other Tolkien-based games and is exploring a new, unspecified game experience. AI

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Amazon cancels Lord of the Rings MMO amid studio layoffs

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  1. Engadget TIER_1 · [email protected] (Jessica Conditt) ·

    Amazon hurled its Lord of the Rings MMO back into the fires of Mount Doom

    It's still making a new game set in Middle-earth, though.