This is a major change that will undoubtedly upset Amazon's gaming division. Indeed, the boss of this video game branch of the American firm has probably chosen to leave…
Despite an extremely complicated start and a few canceled projects along the way, Amazon Games seemed to have found its stride in recent months. The MMORPG New World, for example, got off to a great start last year. But the main achievement of the division is obviously the western port of Lost Ark which has already welcomed several million players on its servers.
A departure not so problematic?
Last weekend, the Bloomberg site published an article to announce that Mike Frazzini, the boss of Amazon Games, recently left the division. The main interested party would have taken this decision in order to devote more time to his family. Frazzini joined Amazon in 2004 in the book division.
In addition, Mike Frazzini was strongly criticized within Amazon Games in relation to his lack of experience in the video game industry. He wanted to make each game “a billion-dollar license”… A strategy that turned out to be perilous.
Sources : Video Games Chronicle, Bloomberg
