Twitch lays off over 400 staff amid Amazon downsizing
Livestreaming platform Twitch announced it would be laying off just over 400 employees. Twitch pointed to the current macroeconomic environment and missed projections as...
Is Amazon finding its way in games? | Sarah Anderson interview
Amazon hasn’t had the easiest time in games. A decade ago, it formed Amazon Games. It made some big bets, hired a lot of...
Amazon leads $20M investment in synthetic celebrity startup Superplastic
Amazon led a $20 million investment in entertainment firm Superplastic, which makes synthetic celebrities such as Janky and Guggimon. On top of that, the...
Kaser Focus: Gamescom; bogus bids; back to school
Most weeks, I only have one or two things about which to vomit my opinion in this column. But hell, a lot went down...
How Big Fish Games is focusing on its core business of casual mobile games
It’s been eight weeks since Larry Plotnick left his job as Amazon’s Prime Gaming boss and became the president of Big Fish Games, a...
Even with Amazon’s unlimited money, Amazon Games has limitations
Amazon Games finally has a hit with New World, but with seemingly unlimited money, shouldn’t this have happened sooner? Well, that’s one misconception that...
Amazon will publish a game from Glowmade
Amazon Games announced today that it will publish a new title from Glowmade. Based in Guildford, England, Glowmade’s staff includes veterans of Lionhead Studios....
The DeanBeat: The week in the console and game engine wars
In what was supposed to be the quietest of weeks, we got some real news. Amazon announced that would open-source its Lumberyard game engine...
Amazon’s New World delayed to August 31
Amazon announced today that its online role-playing game New World is going to miss its spring release window, instead settling on an August 31...
Amazon Web Services’ insights into gaming for 2021
No one has a bird’s eye view of the game industry like Amazon. The company’s Amazon Web Services division provides online services for 90%...