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Crucible is just the first of two big-budget games Amazon Game Studios is releasing this year. The second, called New World, is to be a massively multiplayer online (MMO) game due for release this August, but little else is known about the title, what it looks or plays like, and what popular MMO games it may be drawing inspiration from.

Crucible will feature a roster of different characters with specific abilities — Amazon isn’t calling them heroes, like most other games do — and three distinct game modes that each touch on competitive gaming’s biggest genres. The first mode, called Heart of the Hives, will be a four-versus-four mode pitting two teams against AI-controlled enemies. The second mode, Alpha Hunters, will put eight teams of two against one another in a battle royale-style contest, with the last team standing declared the winner. And the last mode, Harvester Command, sounds a bit like Dota 2 and League of Legends by putting two teams of eight up against one another in a contest to collect “essence” and level up your characters mid-game.