King of Meat, the social gathering platformer printed by Amazon, is about to close down six months after it launched.
Developed by UK-based Glowmade – which was based by former Lionhead members – the co-op platformer launched for consoles and PC in October as a premium sport, however seemingly struggled to search out an viewers, with Steam concurrents peaking at lower than just a few hundred gamers.
On Monday, Amazon Video games confirmed that King of Meat will shut down in April, with all gamers in a position to obtain a refund for his or her purchases.
“Regardless of the creativity and innovation Glowmade dropped at King of Meat, the sport has sadly not discovered the viewers we hoped for,” it mentioned. “Because of this, now we have made the troublesome choice to conclude our funding within the sport, and King of Meat’s servers will shut on April 9, 2026.
“Gamers will have the ability to entry and play all current content material till then, so we encourage you to take pleasure in your remaining time within the sport along with your fellow Contenders.”
All gamers who bought King of Meat will obtain a full refund “within the coming weeks” from their platform supplier, Amazon mentioned.
“We wish to sincerely thank each participant who supported King of Meat and the fantastic group that fashioned round it. Your enthusiasm, creativeness, and suggestions have meant the world to us and to the crew at Glowmade.
“We’re grateful for Glowmade’s partnership and fervour all through this journey and need them continued success sooner or later.”
King of Meat is the newest Amazon title to shut following information of an enormous spherical of layoffs on the firm final 12 months, mentioned to have affected at the very least 14,000 jobs, together with a big variety of individuals at its San Diego and Irvine growth studios.
Final month, Amazon confirmed its MMO, New World: Aeternum, had been pulled from storefronts and can shut down completely in 12 months’ time.
