Enlarge / We’ve previously put these Amazon Games mascots behind prison bars; now, they’re in flames. RIP, Crucible. We hardly knew ye.
Amazon Games / Aurich Lawson
As it turns out, Amazon’s idea of a Crucible couldn’t handle the intense heat and pressure of the games industry.
After launching in May of this year, Crucible, Amazon Games’ first large-scale shooter title for PC, will stop receiving updates and matchmaking support on November 9, the studio announced on Friday (at the exact end-of-week hour that bad game-news stories are typically sent to pasture). The company is taking the extreme measure of offering a “full refund” for any purchases made during the free-to-play game’s lifespan, and it’s directing customers to make refund requests through either Steam Support or Amazon’s own contact form, depending on where purchases were originally made.
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