Amazon’s Crucible moving down to one mode, first season delayed [Video]

Two modes are being removed from Amazon’s free-to-play shooter Crucible, and the current “pre-season” period has been extended indefinitely. The modes, which make up two-thirds of the currently available selection, are to be retired in phases, only weeks after formal launch.

Developer Relentless put up a news update (via Eurogamer) that talked up the last couple of weeks for Crucible, and revealed the team will be focusing efforts on the mode most enjoyed by players so far and sidelining the others for the time being. “The community has rallied around Heart of the Hives in an amazing way. Moving forward, we’ll be putting all of our efforts towards Heart of the Hives and what we can do to make that mode shine.” the update reads. “This does mean that we’ll be retiring Harvester Command and Alpha Hunters for the foreseeable future. We’ll be removing Alpha Hunters from the list of game modes soon, and Harvester Command once …