Amazon does seem to specialise in hiring big name creators who, for whatever reason, leave before releasing a game.
, is to leave his role as head of Amazon Games' San Diego studio."After a lot of thought, I've decided it's time for me to try my hand at something new" wrote Smedley inSmedley had been at Amazon Games since 2017, so six years, and did not ship a game in that time.
Part of the company's early strategy, spearheaded by studio head Mike Frazzini, was big ticket hires: developers like Kim Swift , Clint Hocking , and Smedley. All of these people,, have now left Amazon Games. That's not to suggest the publisher is in trouble—recent years have finally seen it win some success with New World and Lost Ark—but it does seem notable that so much talent has been-and-gone from Amazon Games without ever shipping a game.
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