Amazon Games has announced that its 2025 co-op action game king of meat The service will end on April 9, 2026, six months after it started. The decision to close comes as part of a broader retrenchment of Amazon's live-service gaming ambitions after years of high-profile cancellations and closures. According to king of meat Developer Glowmade, with estimates that the game hopes for around 100,000 concurrent players, did not find the target audience and player numbers by the devs and Amazon Games, but the Steam charts climbed to an all-time record of 320 three months ago, with 9 players online at the time of writing.
king of meat Launched on October 7, 2025 as a four-player PVE dungeon crawler on Platforms mixing chaotic combat with platforming mechanics. Despite initial enthusiasm in some corners of the community, industry reports suggest that the game has struggled to attract players at scale, as evidenced by the Steam charts. Due to its imminent closure, players will be able to continue the fun king of meat Its servers will be shut down on April 9, 2026, and all purchases will be fully refunded, according to publisher announcements. This is another live-service game discontinued by Amazon Games, the most prominent example of which new world.
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Amazon Games pulls the plug on live-service game King of Meat
king of meat Not an isolated case. Over the past decade, Amazon's foray into live-service and online titles has been marked by a string of cancellations and server shutdowns. From ambitious MMOs to competitive live-service shooters, many projects never reached the sustained community engagement Amazon hoped for.
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Canceled or discontinued live-service titles, games that are discontinued or about to end of service
- breakaway – Competitive online team-based games canceled before launch.
- the crucible – The free-to-play team shooter launched in June 2020 and closed the same year due to lack of traction. opposite breakaway, the crucible Direct service was the title.
- Lord of the Rings MMO (multiple attempts) – A highly anticipated Lord of the Rings MMORPG that has been placed between restructuring and strategic changes more than once, the last one being in 2025.
- king of meat – Live-service PVE title ending service in April 2026, following weaker-than-expected player numbers and retention.
- New World: Eternum – Amazon's flagship MMORPG, released in 2021, new worldThe servers will be permanently shut down on January 31, 2027, content development has already stopped and digital storefront availability has stopped.
Amazon's mixed track record, highlighted by ambitious live-service projects that either never found an audience or were shelved after launch, underscores the volatility of online gaming and the challenge of sustaining player engagement long-term. from the crucibleQuick removal of long wind-down new worldPublishers often face difficult financial calculations when servers fail to deliver expected retention and monetization.
Like king of meat Preparing to close next month, Amazon Games appears to be reevaluating its portfolio and refocusing efforts on publishing partnerships and other entertainment ventures rather than maintaining a broad stable of in-house live-service titles. as much as king of meatWhile the shutdown could hurt, it's another example of how uncertain the future can be for live-service sports, especially HighguardCurrent status of
In fact, although not an Amazon property, HighguardThe website is now offline after a round of tweaks at Wildlight Entertainment, and it's unclear whether the game is clinging to life with its new content update or is about to shut down. king of meat. HighguardThe story is not much different from that of Amazon the crucibleAnd both in turn have what happened with what happened consent. However king of meatThe impending end of the service is tragic, shedding light on expectations for live-service sports and why those expectations can lead to failure.
