- Amazon has ended its partnership with British company Maverick Games
- The studio is currently working on its first title: an open-world driving game.
- Development will continue and the studio is looking for new financing avenues
Amazon continues to scale back its gaming efforts as it ends its partnership with Maverick Games, a UK-based studio run by former Playground Games and Sumo Digital employees that is developing an open-world driving title.
As reported by The Game Business, the studio, whose staff includes former Forza Horizon creative manager Mike Brown, was fired by publisher Amazon Game Studios.
A statement from an Amazon Game Studios spokesperson to The Game Business reads: “As part of our strategic evolution to focus on projects that leverage Amazon’s unique strengths and scale, including the recent relaunch of Luna and our tomb Raider franchise partnership with Crystal Dynamics, we have decided to release Maverick Games from their publishing agreement with Amazon Game Studios.
Amazon also highlighted: “This move gives Maverick Games the flexibility to find a publishing partner whose strategic priorities are better aligned with the marketing of their game.”
Fortunately, Maverick Games’ project was not entirely abandoned. According to studio heads Mike Brown and Harinder Sangha, development is underway: “We are grateful to Amazon Games for their partnership and collaboration. Development of our first title continues to progress as strongly as planned. We are in active dialogue with partners who share our long-term ambition for the intellectual property and look forward to sharing more later this year.”
Amazon Game Studios has partnered with Crystal Dynamics and plans to release two new tomb Raider matches over the next two years. These are Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis – a remake of the original Core Design title – and Tomb Raider Catalyst – a brand new game set after the events of Tomb Raider underworld.
Amazon’s scaling back of its gaming efforts makes for grim reading. It recently canned much of its MMO division and is expected to close its doors. New World: Aeternum next year. Amazon also plans to cease operations for King of meat, and will discontinue this game in early April, while offering refunds to all players.
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