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Was called out by employees in 2021 for his management style.

Amazon's not letting the failures of Crucible and Breakaway discourage it from continuing to make video games.

Last year, I wrote that 2019 was a year of potential, if not immediate impact.

Crucible is on its last legs.

Less than half a year after its launch -- and three months after its un-launch and removal to closed beta -- Amazon Game Studios has announced that it is pulling the plug on Crucible.

Back in 2016, Amazon Game Studios announced that it was working on three new online games: Breakaway, New World, and Crucible.

When last we heard about Amazon Game Studios' arena battler Breakaway, it was effectively put on hiatus to let the dev team "take the time to iterate and evolve Breakaway’s core gameplay." Like pushing B in a Pokemon game, t...

What a wild and wacky 2017 it's been!...

UPDATE: Amazon Game Studios has posted a message for players on the home page for Breakaway.

19 months after leaving Daybreak Game Company and just a month after shuttering the doors of his indie startup Pixelmage Games, John Smedley has found new employment. Smedley will head up the San Diego office of Amazon Game...

2016 is almost gone, and that means just one thing: time to buy new calendars!...

It's not totally official, but all signs (and Facebook ads) point to Amazon Game Studios' Breakaway being a free-to-play game.

UPDATE: Zach Sharpes got this ad to pop up on Facebook yesterday: And Magicman says there was a section on the Amazon website that also labeled the game as a "free sports brawler," thought that section is now gone.