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Amazon has undergone another round of layoffs in addition to the 9,000 workers that it laid off last month. This time around that company dismissed 100 employees from its San Diego studio and Prime Gaming arm. According to CNBC, this brings the total number of employees that the company has laid off up to roughly 27,000 in just the past [...]
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Amazon has laid off another 9,000 workers, including 400 Twitch employees, in addition to the 18,000 that the company let go earlier this year. The news comes just a few days after Twitch CEO Emmet Shear resigned from his post after 16 years to reportedly spend more time with his family, whether the layoffs and his resignation are connected is [...]
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Over the past few weeks, rumors have been circulating around the gaming community that Amazon was looking to acquire Electronic Arts. As it turns out, they were just rumors after all and have been debunked by insider sources. “There’s nothing going on,” sources told CNBC. “EA definitely has been out there in the past, but no, this is not going [...]
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Amazon has partnered with Blizzard Entertainment to bring Amazon Prime users a whole host of freebies for World of Warcraft, Overwatch, and Hearthstone. Overwatch and Hearthstone players will get various in-game goodies from now until September 14th in the form of monthly loot boxes. A total of four legendary and three standard boxes are up for grabs for the popular [...]
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Breakaway is a 4v4 MOBA where two teams score points by getting a ball (called a relic) into the opponent's goal. Add buildable structures and different combat roles into the mix, and let the chaos ensue. Publisher: Amazon Game Studios Type: MOBA Release Date: December 15, 2016 (alpha) Shut Down Date: March 31, 2018 Pros: +Unique 4v4 gameplay. +Variety of [...]
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