{"id":35955,"date":"2020-07-01T17:41:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T17:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2630521"},"modified":"2020-07-01T17:41:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T17:41:00","slug":"amazons-shooter-crucible-goes-back-into-closed-beta-after-rocky-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/01\/amazons-shooter-crucible-goes-back-into-closed-beta-after-rocky-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon\u2019s shooter Crucible goes back into closed beta after rocky launch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Amazon-owned game studio Relentless is putting its free-to-play shooter Crucible <\/em>back into a closed beta state after admitting it launched the game before it was ready. In a blog post published Tuesday, franchise lead Colin Johanson says the focus is now on ”providing the best possible experience for our players as we continue to make the game better,” and so the game will be reverting back to a pre-release state to give the studio the space to make changes and plan a more robust launch.<\/p>\n

“We’ll continue following the roadmap we laid out previously and working on map, combat, and system changes to improve the Heart of the Hives experience as well as implementing other improvements based on your feedback and what we think the game needs in order to thrive,” Johanson writes.<\/p>\n

The move is a rather stunning admission of failure surrounding Crucible<\/em>’s launch back in late May. The title, which combines elements of mobile online battle arenas (MOBAs) with the hero shooter genre, arrived with little fanfare and amid the highly competitive PC free-to-play market that includes numerous battle royale titles, Riot’s popular new tactical shooter Valorant<\/em>, and dominant existing esports like League of Legends <\/em>and Overwatch<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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