Amazon Hiring Devs For Its First PC Game

An anonymous reader writes: Several outlets are reporting that Amazon is preparing to dip its toes in yet another market: PC video games. They're specifically hiring for this purpose now, though they seem to have had plans for some time: "In addition to acquiring Killer Instinct developer Double Helix last year, Amazon has also hired notable developers like Kim Swift, designer of Portal, as well as Clint Hocking, who previously worked on franchises like Far Cry and Splinter Cell. Meanwhile, according to a report from Kotaku, Amazon has spent a lot of cash licensing the CryEngine, the same one used to make high-end PC games like Crysis 3. Outside of development, Amazon also acquired game streaming service Twitch last August for $970 million, and made gaming a big focus for its Fire TV media box."

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Re:I'm excited

[Karmashock]

harumph... First what is your problem with the way they treat their employees? That the warehouse employees aren't unionized? Is that it? Because most of the "they treat their employees badly" stuff these days is little more than poorly disguised agitation on the part of organized labor.

Second, I don't even know where you listen to new music anymore. I used to get new music off the radio or MTV or I'd pick something up in a CD shop that looked interesting. Today... I have no idea. what... spotify and pandora? I tell them what I like and they just play stuff from my generation. So I don't get exposed to anything new. What do you want me to type into the fucking thing?

I don't know where you get off presuming to judge me actually... who the fuck do you think you are? You think you're going to listen to the newest thing for your whole life?

First off, music is increasingly a less important part of my life. It bores me. Movies increasingly bore me as well. I see a couple blockbusters a year and that's it. The rest is tiresome. I enjoy a few of the good cable/streaming shows. I enjoy house of cards, game of thrones, etc. But really when it comes to my personal entertainment... I like games. And I like specific kinds and it is in my interest as a consumer of games to have as many people pumping money into the industry as possible. Amazon wants to pump money in? Good. We'll see what comes of it.

Oh and go fuck yourself with a rake. :D