Crucible by Amazon Games has been Canceled [2020-10-09]

[BRiT]

It seems Amazon finally pulled the plug on this game... It launched in May, then reverted back to closed beta in June before being ended in November.

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https://www.playcrucible.com/en-us/news/articles/final-crucible-developer-update

FINAL CRUCIBLE DEVELOPER UPDATE
October 9, 2020
Essence hunters,

In July we moved Crucible into closed beta. We made a list of features we felt would enhance the player experience, which we shared publicly on our roadmap, and with the exception of custom games (which we expect to ship in the coming days), we completed them all. With those features shipped, our next step was to evaluate the feedback we’ve heard from you, paired with the data we’ve collected, to determine our path forward.

That evaluation led us to a difficult decision: we’ll be discontinuing development on Crucible. We very much appreciate the way that our fans have rallied around our efforts, and we’ve loved seeing your responses to the changes we’ve made over the last few months, but ultimately we didn’t see a healthy, sustainable future ahead of Crucible. We’ll be transitioning our team to focus on New World and other upcoming projects from Amazon Games.

We’re offering a full refund for any purchases made. You can find more information on our support page. We will also be disabling credit purchases within Crucible.

In the next few weeks we’ll be hosting a final playtest and community celebration, both in-game and in our official Discord. After that point we’ll be disabling matchmaking, although you’ll still be able to play Crucible through the custom games feature. Stay tuned for more information on that event. Servers will stay up for custom games until noon PST on Monday, November 9, 2020.

Thank you, as always, for being part of our community. This has been a labor of love, and we’re grateful for the time we got to spend on planet Crucible with you.

Signing off once more, -the Crucible team

 

[iroboto]

Who was the studio head for this one?
nvm.

Well I have to say, SWSquadrons was a success and I assume a majority of that was done while under Jade Raymond running Motive. So if she pulls off a successful title at Google, that's a pretty insane track record; I'd be certain that any major platform would want her to build up more studios under their banner

 

[AzBat]

Who was the studio head for this one?
nvm.

Well I have to say, SWSquadrons was a success and I assume a majority of that was done while under Jade Raymond running Motive. So if she pulls off a successful title at Google, that's a pretty insane track record.

Louis Castle...

https://www.polygon.com/2017/3/9/14871250/louis-castle-amazon-crucible

Tommy McClain

 

[BRiT]

Seems like a huge Cluster going on at Amazon Games studios.

From https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/9/21510190/amazon-crucible-canceled-game-studios-closed-beta

Crucible developers will be moved to other Amazon Games titles, including New World, Amazon’s upcoming MMO. That game, which is currently set to launch in spring 2021, has had its own set of challenges, including two delays. And we’re also still waiting on the release of Pac-Man Live Studio, a version of Pac-Man that you can play directly on Twitch. Amazon said in May that the game would launch in June, but it’s still not out, and the game’s website only says that it’s “coming soon.”​

Here's some footage from the game dated 2020-05-28, after it was released: https://streamable.com/r66y2f

 

[eastmen]

Seems like a huge Cluster going on at Amazon Games studios.

From https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/9/21510190/amazon-crucible-canceled-game-studios-closed-beta

Crucible developers will be moved to other Amazon Games titles, including New World, Amazon’s upcoming MMO. That game, which is currently set to launch in spring 2021, has had its own set of challenges, including two delays. And we’re also still waiting on the release of Pac-Man Live Studio, a version of Pac-Man that you can play directly on Twitch. Amazon said in May that the game would launch in June, but it’s still not out, and the game’s website only says that it’s “coming soon.”​

Amazon is a company that can only buy something successful and let it keep going. They really can't make anything sucessful on their own. Twitch works because it was successful before it was purchased.

These game companies were bought to create relationships with game companies so they can push into streaming gaming and at one point they had a fire tv gaming console under development( don't get too excited it would have been high end arm about double the size fire cube tv thingy) but amazon's only real hardware sucess is in the really cheap tablet space and streaming stick space.

its a shame because I know a few people who work on New World and they are really trying but direction keeps changing from above based on random feedback from fans. They are too data centric at the company.