

Despite being free-to-play and available on the world's largest gaming platform, Steam, "Crucible" has already come and gone from the top 100 charts.Ĭrazier still: Amazon outright pulled the game from digital stores in late June. The game is called "Crucible," and you're forgiven if this is the first you're hearing about it. "Crucible" is the latest attempt from Amazon to push into the lucrative video game industry, which it has repeatedly failed to achieve.ĭid you know that Amazon, the biggest company in the world, launched a big-budget video game recently?.

One month later, and Amazon outright pulled the game from availability and put it back into "closed beta" - a term used in game development to signify a game isn't complete. One week later, the game completely dropped off the charts.On May 20, Amazon launched "Crucible," a major new video game that was in development for over five years.Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.Alex Wong/Getty Images
