Amazon shut it down on September 30, but the team was able to get an “extension,” through November 30, partially to finish out what will likely be the last run of online league play. The crux of the problem is Amazon GameSparks, which essentially hosted the backend of Killer Queen Black. Thankfully, Liquid Bit CEO Matt Tesch has fully explained the situation in a new blog, which they say is out of their hands. But the era of playing it at home online is coming to an end on November 30, 2022. It encouraged a heavy dollop of team communication and tactical nuance in a way most games couldn’t touch. The extremely unconventional team-versus-team game involved 5v5 battles to the death, with multiple ways to win each match. Killer Queen Black launched back in 2019, and it’s been a staple of my household ever since.
