05-21-2020, 10:48 PM
https://www.geekwire.com/2020/amazon-div...-crucible/
Amazon took a big step into the gaming industry Wednesday with the launch of Crucible, a free-to-play online shooter and the company’s first original big-budget game.
The game, available for Windows 10, is a team-based shooter that lets players hunt down opponents. It’s similar to other megahits such as Overwatch, Apex Legends, and Fortnite. It was initially announced in 2016.
Crucible will be a litmus test of sorts for Amazon as it looks to dive deeper into the crowded $120 billion video game industry. Amazon acquired Twitch in 2014 for nearly $1 billion and established Amazon Game Studios eight years ago, but hasn’t launched many original titles and ran into several hiccups with canceled projects and layoffs.
“This division could have been an industry juggernaut in terms of leveraging Amazon’s cash reserves and tech-industry dominance,” Ars Technica noted. “Instead, it has limped to its current May 2020 state.”
Well, they've certainly got the budget to succeed
. Then again, they have no prior experience of creating a game on this scale.
To be honesty, this isn't my genre at all, so I'll avoid it no matter whether it's terrific or terrible . What about you?
Amazon took a big step into the gaming industry Wednesday with the launch of Crucible, a free-to-play online shooter and the company’s first original big-budget game.
The game, available for Windows 10, is a team-based shooter that lets players hunt down opponents. It’s similar to other megahits such as Overwatch, Apex Legends, and Fortnite. It was initially announced in 2016.
Crucible will be a litmus test of sorts for Amazon as it looks to dive deeper into the crowded $120 billion video game industry. Amazon acquired Twitch in 2014 for nearly $1 billion and established Amazon Game Studios eight years ago, but hasn’t launched many original titles and ran into several hiccups with canceled projects and layoffs.
“This division could have been an industry juggernaut in terms of leveraging Amazon’s cash reserves and tech-industry dominance,” Ars Technica noted. “Instead, it has limped to its current May 2020 state.”
Well, they've certainly got the budget to succeed
. Then again, they have no prior experience of creating a game on this scale. To be honesty, this isn't my genre at all, so I'll avoid it no matter whether it's terrific or terrible
. What about you?