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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."
Amazon is not EA. Their attitudes are different and their profoilo is a pretty diversified at this point.
Will the game be any good? I have no idea. But I'm excited to see new money come into the market and try things.
Frankly, I like games more than I like movies or tv shows. My music collection hasn't changed much further in the last 10 years. I've hit that age.
And that means if you want to sell me content, you have to target me. And game... I likes them.
I've decided to stop wasting my time responding to AC trolls/sockpuppets... so if you want a response from me... login.
who used to dictate the placement of every pixel on Amazon website, according to Steve Yegge.
Fire smartphone had 3-D features that required immense processing power (which meant sacrificing battery life and other things) and therefore written off by the engineers as being not practical. But Bezos was in love with the features and he basically said the phone ships with 3-D or you're all fired.
I can't see the Amazon game ending well.