Amazon Slashes Video-Game Division Jobs Amid Broader Corporate Layoffs: Report

This comes after Amazon said it would reduce its corporate workforce by about 14,000 roles, building on a recent slew of job cuts at the company.

Amazon.com (AMZN) is reportedly cutting roles in its video-game division as part of a broad workforce reduction that the e-commerce and technology giant announced earlier in the day.

This comes after the company said on Tuesday that it would reduce its corporate workforce by about 14,000 roles, building on a recent slew of job cuts the company has planned to save costs and increase investment in artificial intelligence.

According to a Bloomberg News report, citing a memo to staff on Tuesday, Amazon did not detail how many employees in the video-game unit will be impacted but outlined that the job reductions would happen in its Irvine and San Diego offices as well as its central publishing division.

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