Amazon Games Update: April 2024
amazongames.com2024 is only a few months in, but for Amazon Games, it’s been full steam ahead for the organization’s many teams. Some of the highlights include Lost Ark celebrating its second anniversary and New World’s welcome to the Year of the Dragon. Add to that, the business explored the impact of the people behind the games, from spotlighting the teams working on game creation and publishing in its new ‘Meet the Makers’ shorts series, to raising awareness for the many talented game makers with Black Voices in Gaming, to examining the impact of player communities on game development, and much more.
See below for some of the happenings from Amazon Games over the past few months.
Lost Ark marked its 2nd anniversary by unveiling the “2 Extreme” update and several special anniversary events. In celebration, the team behind the last two years of development shared some of their favorite memories of bringing Arkesia to the West. Check out the dedicated post for full details, but see below for a small selection of anecdotes from the team.
“Having worked on Lost Ark since before it launched in the West, it’s been incredible to see how the game has grown and changed since my first day on the job. One of my favorite memories from the game’s second year was the release of Brelshaza Hard Mode—or more specifically, the weeks leading up to it. Once Brelshaza Hard Mode was in our internal test client, a group of eight Amazon team members joined up to try and clear the raid before release. Who wouldn’t want to grab the flex of the first clear in the West, right!?”
—Roxanne Sabo (Roxx), Product Community Manager, Lost Ark
“I’ve been working on Lost Ark since 2022, and my favorite memory was meeting Gold River (the Lost Ark Director in Korea), at GDC together with Soomin. I’d read and seen many of his interviews before, so hearing him talk about the game in person and his philosophy for designing and operating the game was a great memory.”
—Andy Lin, Senior Game Product Manager, Lost Ark
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