Is Amazon Down? Major checkout outage and King of Meat shutdown dominate today’s service headlines
Is Amazon Down has become a central question after shoppers encountered checkout failures and vanished order histories on Friday February 27, while the company’s game-publishing arm announced the closure of an online multiplayer title with scheduled server shutdowns and refunds. The twin stories matter because they touch both retail reliability and the publisher’s shifting approach to online games.
Is Amazon Down? What users are reporting
Consumers logged a sharp rise in problem reports around midday on Friday February 27, with more than 1, 420 incident reports recorded at midday and the total rising past 1, 600 by 3: 20pm — the last available datapoint noted in coverage. The issues were first observed at around 10: 50am and centered on the checkout experience and visibility of existing orders.
Checkout failures, affected channels and the user-facing error
The distribution of reported problems skewed strongly toward payments and checkout, with 67% of reports tied to the checkout process, 24% linked to the app, and 5% associated with the website. Shoppers trying to complete purchases encountered a message advising: “We’re very sorry, but we’re having trouble doing what you just asked us to do. Please give us another chance – click the Back button on your browser and try your request again. ”
User experiences, international reach and customer interactions
Many shoppers described real friction: attempts to place orders ended in 500 error responses, while others found their order histories apparently cleared. Reports of problems came not only from the UK but also from Spain, France and Italy, suggesting the disruption crossed national boundaries. One customer interaction referenced a live chat confirmation that the issue was affecting some users globally. An official statement has not been made from Amazon.
Recent outage context
Monitoring records indicate the platform experienced an outage earlier this month as well; that prior disruption lasted roughly an hour. Current coverage notes the recurrence of accessibility problems, but details on root cause and a timeline for full restoration remain unclear in the provided context.
Amazon Game Studios shuts down Glowmade’s King of Meat — servers to go offline April 9, 2026
Separately, the company’s game-publishing division is concluding its investment in Glowmade’s online multiplayer dungeon crawler King of Meat. Servers are scheduled to shut down on April 9, 2026. The title was delisted from storefronts as of February 23, and in-game purchases were disabled at the same time.
Refunds, launch history and development fallout
Players who purchased King of Meat will receive full refunds automatically from their platform providers, with refunds to be processed between February 24 and April 9, 2026. King of Meat launched in October 2025. Two months after release the game failed to meet internal expectations by a significant margin, an outcome that contributed to layoffs. The publisher expressed thanks to players and to Glowmade for their partnership.
Glowmade background and wider studio decisions
Glowmade was founded in 2015 by former developers from Lionhead Studios and entered a publishing partnership in 2021. Commentary from 2024 described the project as an opportunity to grow the game with a talented team. The King of Meat closure follows broader strategic moves that included pausing development and announcing further shutdowns of other online titles; one MMO has servers scheduled to go offline on January 31, 2027, after development was paused in October 2025 with no further updates. These shifts formed part of wider cuts that affected 14, 000 jobs.
Platforms, timing and what to watch next
King of Meat was available on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC and Nintendo Switch prior to delisting. For shoppers and players, these developments — the retail outage and the game shutdowns — are unfolding in near real time; the outage timeline and technical causes remain unclear in the provided context, and the game-server schedule and refund window are as stated above. Expect more definitive statements or restoration notices to appear as the situations evolve.
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