At spilbranchen kan byde på ret ringe arbejdsforhold kan ikke komme som nogen overraskelse længere, men derfor er det stadig værd at fortælle de historier der slipper ud omkring disse forhold.
Eksempelvis er Amazon Game Studios blevet kritiseret af flere tidligere for ikke at have nogen forståelse for struktureret spiludvikling, og at hovedløst jage den ene tendens efter den anden uden egentlig retning. Udviklerne bag Crucible, Relentless Studios, lavede eksempelvis et spil der forsøgte at samle forskellige multiplayer-tendenser, men det fejlede så grumt at det blev udgivet, trukket tilbage i beta, for så at blive lukket ned helt.
I et interview med NME fortæller designer Stephen Dewhurst lidt om tingene bag scenetæppet:
"It's pretty apparent in hindsight and honestly was pretty apparent at the time that Crucible was going to fail and Amazon is not a great place to make games.
Fundamentally Amazon's executive leadership has a lot of hubris that stems from having been very successful at a bunch of stuff and thinking that their success in those things translates to success in other things when they're not remotely similar. There's just a bunch of all-hands where I can recall executives giving answers that at the time we'd look at as wildly incorrect.
Maybe they're growing out of that now."
De har haft succes med New World, og har blandt andet udgivet Lost Ark sammen med Smilegate.