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Amazon is exiting the MMO space, handing off live operations of Throne and Liberty and Lost Ark to other companies and discontinuing New World: Aeternum, shifting its gaming focus to Luna cloud gaming and other projects.

The article covers the story of PointlessQuest, a tiny MMO for the Playdate handheld developed by Gareth Williams with AI assistance from Claude, which attracted a small but dedicated player base and highlights the role of AI in indie game development.

A roguelite MMO game built using AI-assisted 'vibe coding' techniques has been announced or released.

A senior developer built a browser-based roguelite MMO in 4 weeks using 'vibe coding', with features including dungeon runs, PvP, horse racing, and fishing. The beta is now live and free to play.