Amazon is cutting over 14,000 jobs from its corporate workforce. These cuts will affect teams at both Amazon Games and Twitch.
Bloomberg reports that Amazon is planning layoffs impacting its video game and cloud computing businesses, but hasn’t provided details. TopMob has contacted Amazon for information on how many employees will be affected in the gaming division and at Twitch, but has not yet received a reply.
Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier reports the layoffs will mostly affect Warner Bros. Games’ offices in Irvine and San Diego, and the team responsible for publishing its games.
According to a new report, the company plans to scale back its work on large, expensive projects, especially those involving massively multiplayer online games (MMOs).
In an email to staff, Steve Boom, vice president of audio, Twitch, and games, announced that Amazon Game Studios is stopping major development of large-scale, high-budget (AAA) games, particularly massively multiplayer online games (MMOs). This decision includes layoffs at their studios in Irvine and San Diego, and within the central team that publishes the games.
Included in the layoffs was Tarfu, who had been with Twitch for 11 years.
He explained that he began his career in trust and safety before transitioning to customer experience. He also revealed he was the one who created Twitch’s fraud prevention system, which is why he often didn’t share details about his job.
I spent over a decade working to protect Twitch from people who were stealing money or breaking the rules. It seems I was successful, but unfortunately, that meant I lost my job. I have a lot of interesting stories from my time there, though.
Reuters first reported the significant layoffs happening at the company. These cuts are the largest the company has made since 2022, when approximately 27,000 employees were let go. This round of layoffs is the biggest in the company’s history, and affected employees will be notified by email.
TopMob will continue to report on the layoffs, with updates on what’s happening at Amazon Games as soon as we have more information.
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2025-10-28 19:51