Latest On Crucible
Amazon Games Studio Head Mike Frazzini Steps Down
Was called out by employees in 2021 for his management style.
By Jason Winter - 1 year agoAmazon's Next CEO Plans To Continue Gaming Development
Amazon's not letting the failures of Crucible and Breakaway discourage it from continuing to make video games.
By Jason Winter - 2 years agoApex Legends Blows Up Kings Canyon In Season 8, While New Legend Faces "Copycat" Claim
Apex Legends Season 8 arrives on February 2, and it's going to be an explosive update -- literally.
By Jason Winter - 2 years agoTop 10 Free MMO News Stories Of 2020 (The Good and The Bad!)
We look back at the year of 2020 and give you the rundown of all the biggest news stories of the year in the Free MMO game space.
By Michael Byrne - 2 years ago💣 Feature | Surprising New Hits, Disappointing Launches, And More: MMOBomb's Top 10 F2P News Of 2020
Last year, I wrote that 2019 was a year of potential, if not immediate impact.
By Jason Winter - 2 years ago💣 Feature | Amazon Has One More Chance, But Only If It Learns From Crucible's Most Critical Mistakes
Crucible is on its last legs.
By Jason Winter - 2 years agoAmazon Ending Development On Crucible, Team Will Shift To Other Projects
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.
By Jason Winter - 2 years agoCrucible Makes Serious Changes To Heart Of The Hives, But It's Just As Pretty As You Rememeber
It's update day for Crucible.
By QuintLyn Bowers - 2 years agoMMO Thoughts - Crucible Changes, But Can It Be Saved?
A patch last week added a mini map and other changes.
By Michael Byrne - 2 years agoLatest Crucible Patch Finally Implements A Mini-Map
One of the Crucible's most-requested features is finally live.
By Jason Winter - 2 years agoHere's What You Need To Know About Crucible's Current Closed Beta
As some of you already know -- because Mike told us about it on Monday -- Crucible returned to closed beta yesterday.
By QuintLyn Bowers - 2 years agoCrucible Going Back To Closed Beta, Signups Start Again Tomorrow
It's no secret that Amazon Games has been having a rough time with the launch of Crucible.
By Michael Byrne - 2 years agoCrucible Will Remove Two Game Modes, Focus On Heart Of The Hives
Crucible Team Lead Colin Johanson started off today's developer blog video by acknowledging that there's been a "great response to the premise and promise of Crucible" but also a lot of "feedback that the game needs more work ...
By Jason Winter - 3 years agoCrucible - Gameplay First Look
Take on both a hostile planet and even more hostile enemies in Amazon Games' first entry into the free-to-play shooter genre, Crucible!...
By Jason Winter - 3 years agoCrucible Dev Team Priorities Include Voice Chat, Better Onboarding, Improving Match Flow
Crucible launched into early access -- or "pre-season" as Amazon Games Studios is calling it -- just last week and its reviews have been mixed.
By Jason Winter - 3 years agoCrucible Goes Live Today, Will Offer Season Pass And "Rotating Inventory" Of Items In Cash Shop
The servers for Amazon Game Studios and Relentless Studios' Crucible are now live, but you can only access them if you've secured a key for a three-hour early access window.
By Jason Winter - 3 years agoCrucible Posts "Extended Overview" Video, Summarizes Characters, Progression, And Modes
As the saying goes, you don't get a second chance to make a first impression.
By Jason Winter - 3 years agoCrucible Highlights Its Three Game Modes: Heart Of The Hives, Alpha Hunters, And Harvester Command
When you announce a launch date for your game just two weeks out, having done virtually zero PR for it, you need to churn out the info in a hurry.
By Jason Winter - 3 years agoCrucible Posts Character Highlight Videos And Updates Steam Page
We got a glimpse of Crucible's hunters in the announce video from last week, but there was precious little that actually described them -- either in terms of personality or in-game ability.
By Jason Winter - 3 years agoAmazon's F2P Shooter Crucible Launching May 20, Will Include Three PvP Modes
Last month, we got word that the date the release of Crucible, Amazon Game Studios' free-to-play shooter, would fall in May.
By Jason Winter - 3 years agoAmazon's Crucible Is A "Free-to-Play Team-Based Action Shooter," Launching In May
Back in 2016, Amazon Game Studios announced that it was working on three new online games: Breakaway, New World, and Crucible.
By Jason Winter - 3 years agoFormer Guild Wars 2 Game Director(s) Now Employed At Amazon Game Studios
A few weeks ago, we learned that Guild Wars 2 Game Director Mike Zadorojny had left ArenaNet back in November -- a fact that was unknown to the general public for several months.
By Jason Winter - 3 years agoAmazon Game Studios Calls On John Smedley To Run San Diego Office
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...
By Jason Winter - 6 years ago💣 Feature | Amazon Game Studios Breaks Into The Gaming Biz – Will Breakaway Be Free-to-Play?
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.
By Jason Winter - 6 years ago