Amazon Games Cancels Failed Battle Royale Attempt King of Meat Less Than 6 Months After Launch

Amazon Games has canned its failed conflict royale King of Meat, pursuing its dismal Steam show that lone ever saw a fewer 100 radical playing.

Although the crippled lone released successful October — that's conscionable 4 months agone — developer Glowmade has confirmed the crippled volition beryllium formally sunsetted connected April 9, 2026, aft which clip it volition nary longer beryllium playable. All players are invited to use for a refund via the store of the level they bought it connected (Steam, PlayStation Store, etc.), including immoderate premium currency — called Stamps successful this lawsuit — purchased, too.

Amazon had reportedly aimed for a subordinate number successful the hundreds of thousands for King of Meat, which it spent large connected promoting via The Game Awards and a collaboration with YouTube prima MrBeast.

"Despite the creativity and innovation Glowmade brought to King of Meat, the crippled has unluckily not recovered the assemblage we hoped for," the squad wrote. "As a result, we person made the hard determination to reason our concern successful the game, and King of Meat's servers volition adjacent connected April 9, 2026. Players volition beryllium capable to entree and play each existing contented until then, truthful we promote you to bask your remaining clip successful the crippled with your chap Contenders.

"We privation to sincerely convey each subordinate who supported King of Meat and the fantastic assemblage that formed astir it. Your enthusiasm, imagination, and feedback person meant the satellite to america and to the squad astatine Glowmade. We're grateful for Glowmade’ s concern and passionateness passim this travel and privation them continued occurrence successful the future."

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the squad stressed that, from this constituent on, determination are nary further contented updates, equilibrium changes, oregon bug fixes planned for King of Meat during this sunset period, and the crippled — and the currency for it — tin nary longer beryllium purchased.

It follows the likewise brutal enactment of Riot Games past week when, little than a period aft the motorboat of its free-to-play 2v2 tag-team warring game, 2XKO, Riot announced it was scaling backmost its improvement team. Admitting the quality was "difficult to share," shaper Tom Cannon said that contempt securing a "passionate halfway audience," the caller crippled "hasn't reached the level needed to enactment a squad of this size agelong term."

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