It’s been another busy quarter for Amazon Games, packed with announcements, betas, updates, and our latest game launch, with another just around the corner! Lost Ark players enjoyed a wealth of content updates, along with a significant roadmap update. In August at gamescom Opening Night Live, we unveiled the riotous, ridiculous, and original game King of Meat from Glowmade, which promises creative and compelling, hack-and-slash, dungeon-diving fun. September saw a highly successful open beta for New World: Aeternum that garnered strong community engagement and feedback. And just a week ago, the eagerly anticipated, free-to-play MMO THRONE AND LIBERTY finally launched to players all over the world on PC and console.
Read on to catch up on the latest Amazon Games happenings over the past few months.
THRONE AND LIBERTY is Available Now!
At long last, Amazon Games and NCSOFT are delighted to welcome players to journey in the vast, open world of Solisium in THRONE AND LIBERTY on PC via Steam, PlayStation®5, and Xbox Series X|S.
The recent global launch of THRONE AND LIBERTY is the product of a fruitful, long-term and ongoing partnership between Amazon Games and NCSOFT. Launched first in Korea in December 2023, this month’s global release of THRONE AND LIBERTY includes not only all of the updates Korean players have enjoyed over the last 10 months, but also refinements based on feedback received from recent global beta testing. The result is a truly global MMO that has evolved significantly since its original launch in Korea and we’re so pleased to see players quickly embrace all that it has to offer. Check out this editorial feature for more detail on the many ways in which the game has evolved since its Korean launch. This is just the beginning, and THRONE AND LIBERTY will continue to grow and evolve in collaboration with its growing global community.
Introducing King of Meat: A Co-Op Combat Spectacle Filled with the Ridiculous
At gamescom Opening Night Live, Amazon Games and Glowmade unveiled King of Meat, a hacking, slashing, co-op combat spectacle filled with the raucous and ridiculous.
Set in the mystical world of Loregok, King of Meat takes players to a place of dragons, trolls, skeletons, and, of course, corporate commercialism — where high fantasy meets the glitz, glamor, and media-infatuation of modern-day celebrity. The focus of this obsession is the wildest survival gameshow imaginable, “KING OF MEAT,” where you step in to the role of a fearless contender, battling through ridiculous dungeons.
The game is the fever dream of the team at Glowmade, founded by Jonny Hopper (LittleBigPlanet), Mike Green (Fable), and Adam Sibbick (Fable), who originally met while working together just down the road in Guildford, England at Lionhead Studios. In building Glowmade, they built the studio around the core principle of joyful creativity, which is testament to the rich and vibrant world they created with King of Meat. To hear more, we sat down with Glowmade’s co-founders to find out just how they imagined this weird and wonderful world.
King of Meat, a one-through-four player hacking, slashing, co-op combat game with user-generated content (UGC) dungeon building, will be available for purchase digitally, launching on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Steam, and Nintendo Switch. See below for the unveil trailer from Opening Night Live!
For more information on King of Meat, and to sign up for future playtests, please visit the King of Meat website, and follow the game on Facebook, X/Twitter, and Instagram.
New World: Aeternum Readies for October Launch, Features in Upcoming Prime Video Series Secret Level and More
In anticipation of its October 15 release, Amazon Games launched the New World: Aeternum Open Beta in mid-September to players on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S in North America, South America, Europe, and APAC, with support for cross-play across all platforms.
Over the course of the three-day Open Beta, eager players completed more than 10 million quests, killed almost 40 million enemies, and much more! You can read even more about the team’s insights from the New World: Aeternum Open Beta in the in the recap.
Additionally, at gamescom’s Opening Night Live in August, Prime Video unveiled Secret Level, a new adult animation anthology series from Prime Video. Secret Level will feature original short stories set within the worlds of popular video games, including New World: Aeternum. The series will be available exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide on December 10, 2024.
In further anticipation of the upcoming launch of New World: Aeternum, Amazon Games also unveiled the “Discovering Aeternum” video series to teach new players invaluable tips about how to Arrive, Survive, and Thrive in the harsh environments of Aeternum. See below for the first episode, and check the official New World YouTube channel for new episodes publishing every Tuesday and Wednesday from now through December 11.
Finally, Amazon Games took a moment to recognize more of the dedicated, creative team behind New World with Meet the Makers Episode 6, featuring Senior Concept Artist Kiana Hamm.
Lost Ark Continued Monthly Updates, Introduced New Content Roadmap
Lost Ark and the Heroes of Arkesia were also treated to an exciting quarter as the team released new monthly updates and unveiled the third Roadmap Update of the year.
In July, players enjoyed the Maharaka Festival in between battles against Ladon and worked to progress through Advanced Honing. On Maharaka Paradise Event Island, players hit the pool, transforming into a Pirate Mokoko to jump, headbutt, and dash through a swimming race before attempting to defeat a giant rubber duck.
In August, Heroes were treated to the Lost Ark “Calm Before the Storm” Update, in which Arkesia welcomed Indigo Island, a new land off the coast from Kurzan Continent in the Sea of Gienah, and a new quest opened up access to the single-player “Underwater Cave” dungeon. In addition, the Lost Ark Team introduced a Chaos Dungeon Weekly Purification Mission System and a new Bound Gold System, among other happenings.
For September, the Team released the Lost Ark “Chase the Storm” Update. A highlight was the Behemoth Raid, centered on the Chaos Guardian Behemoth and his mission to destroy Arkesia. New Quests included a Prelude Quest: Gathering Lightning Clouds and an Afterstory Quest: Where the Storm Ravaged, along with the returns of the Blooming Mokokos event and the fan-favorite, annual Arktoberfest.
Prime Gaming Offered a Compelling Line-up of Fantastic Games to Prime Members
Over the last three months, Amazon Prime members enjoyed a ton of great gaming content courtesy of Prime Gaming. On Prime Day in July, members got the opportunity to claim Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Chivalry 2, and Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration. August’s selection of free games included Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness, and later in the month, we surprised Prime members with several games from The Lord of the Rings franchise in celebration of the season 2 premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power on Prime Video! In September, Prime members gained access to more than 20 free games, including Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition and several popular titles from the Borderlands franchise: Borderlands 2, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, and Tales from the Borderlands.
And that’s not to mention all of the great Amazon Luna titles available for Prime members to play wherever Luna is available! Throughout July, August, and September, those titles have included Middle-earth™: Shadow of War, Batman™: Arkham Knight, LEGO® Pirates of the Caribbean, Super Meat Boy Forever, and much more!
Stay tuned to the official Prime Gaming blog for an update coming soon on the next batch of exciting content for Prime members!
