Amazon Game Studio head and longtime worker Mike Frazzini is stepping down, he introduced in a LinkedIn submit. Frazzini cited the need to spend extra time with household and the truth that the studio is lastly having some success. “While there’s by no means actually an ideal time to step away from an awesome position, now is an effective time,” he wrote. “We’ve launched two prime 10 video games up to now six months, and have a rising portfolio of promising new video games within the pipeline.”
Amazon Games has struggled over the previous few years, notably with the cancellation of its Lord of the Rings MMO and fiasco with its first AAA sport, Crucible. The firm was additionally criticized for its coverage of claiming possession of staff’ private video games that one engineer known as “draconian.” One former Game Studios supervisor mentioned a few of Amazon’s points might have come about as a result of Frazzini had no earlier expertise in gaming, in line with the identical Bloomberg report.
However, the corporate has had hits of late with New World, one in all 2021’s largest cash makers on Steam. It has additionally had ongoing success because the writer of Lost Ark, made by South Korean developer Smilegate RPG. Frazzini did not say what he deliberate to do subsequent.