Amazon's goal for 'Crucible' was to attract tens of millions of players and, with any luck, have it become a major esport game. It's important to understand the type of game that 'Crucible' is: a team-based online multiplayer shooter, more akin to 'Overwatch' than to 'Fortnite.' But its gameplay takes more inspiration from the world of MOBAs – 'League of Legends' and 'DOTA 2,' for instance – than competitive shooters.Īlso of note: It's a free-to-play game with a PC focus, which puts it in direct competition with games like 'Valorant' from Riot Games.

Following that, however, interested players will have to sign up through the official Crucible website for consideration in the closed beta.Ĭrucible suffered a steep drop in interest immediately after launch, peaking at around 25,000 concurrent players around launch (according to Business Insider), but only managing concurrent players in the low hundreds over most of June, per SteamCharts.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. Through this, the game will be closing itself to new players, and existing players will need to self-organize teams with other players.Įxisting Crucible players will be able to continue to play the game for free, and new players will be able to redeem and download it on Steam through July 1 at 9 a.m. In a blog post today from Relentless Games' Colin Johanson, he refers back to a previous announcement that the game would be shutting down two of its three game modes to focus on improving its boss-focused Heart of the Hives gameplay, saying the studio would continue to following its existing roadmap for these updates. Amazon has announced it will be moving its free-to-play hero shooter Crucible back out of full launch and into a closed beta.

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