Overwolf acquires Twitch’s mod repository CurseForge
Creator platform Overwolf has acquired CurseForge, the biggest repository of mods for video games, from Amazon’s Twitch division. The move helps Overwolf expand from a...
Amazon and Techstars announce inaugural Alexa Next Stage cohort
The Alexa Fund, Amazon’s $200 million venture fund for voice-focused startups, and Techstars today revealed the inaugural cohort of companies participating in Alexa Next...
Amazon announces New World closed beta on July 23 and unveils combat system
During the PC Gaming Show today, Amazon Games announced that its New World massively multiplayer online game will be available as a closed beta...
Louis Castle interview: How Amazon labored for 5 years to make team shooter Crucible
Amazon spent five years developing Crucible, the free-to-play team shooter game that launches on the PC today. The competitive multiplayer game lets players choose...
Crucible impressions: A hero shooter with a slower pace, smaller teams, and one pretty map
Amazon has been cooking its science fiction Crucible game for years, and now it’s finally letting players into the world of the free-to-play team...
How Amazon builds games by working backward from players
Mike Frazzini is one of Amazon’s most-experienced homegrown game executives, as he has been at the company for 16 years and has worked on...
Crucible is Amazon’s answer to Valorant and Overwatch, launches May 20
After years of development, Amazon will launch free-to-play team shooter Crucible on the PC on May 20. In Crucible, players choose from a roster...
Zynga partners with Amazon to offer Prime discounts in Words With Friends
Zynga has partnered with Amazon to bring free content and other goodies to Prime members for its most popular mobile game, Words With Friends....
GamesBeat Summit Digital speakers: Mike Morhaime, Owen Mahoney, and Mike Frazzini
We’re taking GamesBeat Summit 2020 into a digital online-only format. And today, we’re revealing three new speakers for the event: former Blizzard Entertainment president...
Amazon pulls out of GDC, show not canceled yet
Amazon announced today that it is also pulling out of the Game Developers Conference 2020, which will take place in San Francisco from March...