Amazon Games Looks Back on a Busy 2023

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In 2023, Amazon Games announced upcoming titles from internationally renowned franchises, grew studio teams in Montreal, Orange County and San Diego, unveiled plans for a variety of new titles, expanded the entertaining worlds of existing games, popped up at events throughout the industry, and worked hard to give back and expand inclusion in the games industry. For a synopsis of the past year, check out the highlights below.

While Amazon Games made a lot of news throughout the year, nothing was bigger than the announcements of two massive and beloved franchises joining our development and publishing portfolio.

Amazon Games Orange County began work on a new massively multiplayer online (MMO) game based on The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. In collaboration with Embracer Group and Middle-earth Enterprises, the upcoming game will be an open-world MMO adventure in a persistent world set in Middle-earth, featuring the beloved stories of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings literary trilogy.

While the project is in early development, you can read more here about how Amazon Games Orange County—the studio behind the popular MMO New World —is approaching this ambitious project. With many J.R.R. Tolkien mega-fans on the team, the studio is excited to put its expertise to work crafting The Lord of the Rings MMO game that so many have been waiting for.

In 2023, Crystal Dynamics  began development of a new multiplatform  Tomb Raider  title, with Amazon Games providing full support as global publisher.

The as-yet-untitled new  Tomb Raider  game will be a single-player, narrative-driven adventure that continues Lara Croft’s story in the Tomb Raider  series. It also promises to be the biggest, most expansive  Tomb Raider  game to date, featuring all the elements that have made  Tomb Raider  one of the most revered franchises in gaming. This includes giving players control of hero Lara Croft in an environment that rewards exploration and creative pathfinding, with mind-bending