Amazon.com Inc. ‘s video games section has canceled an online role-playing game based on the fantasy series Lord of the Rings. announced in 2019, in yet another setback for the technology giant.
The game was in development at Amazon Game Studios, along with China-based Leyou Technologies Holdings Ltd., which was purchased by the conglomerate. Tencent Holdings Ltd. in December. The ensuing contract negotiations led to a dispute between Amazon and Tencent that eventually caused the cancellation of the game, saying that people familiar with the matter asked not to be identified because they were not authorized to enter into the game. publicly talk about the issue.
An Amazon spokesman confirmed that after Tencent’s acquisition of Leyou ‘we could not yet obtain conditions to continue with this title. ‘
The Amazon team working on the game will be moved to other projects. “We love the Lord of the Rings IP, and are disappointed that we will not bring this game to customers,” the company’s spokesman in Seattle said in a statement.
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The cancellation follows some bad news for Amazon Game Studios, which has not been able to release a successful video game since its launch in 2014. The company has canceled previously announced games Breakaway and Crucible. Another of his games, New World, has been repeatedly delayed.
Amazon owns the popular streaming service, Twitch, but the video games division has been haunted for years due to mismanagement and cultural clashes between game developers and the company’s principles, Bloomberg reported earlier this year.