Amazon delays next video game half a year after latest one flops


Amazon’s Crucible, a free-to-play PC game introduced in May, was panned by critics, prompting Amazon to take the highly unusual step of pulling the game from wide circulation. — AFP Relaxnews

Following scathing reviews of a computer game it released in May, Amazon.com Inc is delaying its next big-budget game by at least six months. The decision represents another setback for the technology giant’s ambitions to break into the gaming industry.

The next game, New World, was supposed to debut in late August but is now scheduled for spring 2021, Rich Lawrence, director of Amazon’s game studio, wrote in a blog post on July 10. The company wants extra time to implement changes suggested by players who have been testing the game, he wrote.

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