We are proud of the work the teams have been doing, pushing into new areas with weekly content on Crown Channel, and finding more ways to help publishers reach new audiences with Game Growth. This isn't a decision the leadership team came to quickly it was the result of extensive considerations and road mapping for our future. Hartmann continued: 'It never feels good to say goodbye to colleagues. Newscast: Why are there so many games industry layoffs? 'With these changes in our business approach come changes to our resourcing, resulting in the elimination of just over 180 roles.' 'We've listened to our customers and we know delivering free games every month is what they want most, so we are refining our Prime benefit to increase our focus there,' wrote Christoph Hartmann, VP of Amazon Games in an internal email shared with Aftermath. The company will refine its Prime Gaming offering of free games and in-game content as part of an Amazon Prime subscription.
Amazon has laid off 180 people from its games division, including the entirety of the Crown Channel Twitch channel and the Game Growth team.
