Amazon’s Alexa Accelerator introduces its third startup class
A year to the day after Amazon revealed the companies selected to participate in the second annual Alexa Accelerator, a 13-week program that grants...
Amazon’s Skill Flow Builder simplifies story-based game development for Alexa
Game developers with a penchant for voice apps, good news: Amazon today unveiled Skill Flow Builder, a tool that enables creators to build story-based...
Gamification has the power to fight diseases — and exploit workers
At an Amazon fulfillment warehouse tucked away in small-town America, an employee whiles away the slow-ticking hours of his daily grind by building castles....
The DeanBeat: Would politics make video games better?
As I watched my Facebook feed explode about President Donald Trump’s racist comments this week, I couldn’t help but notice that game developers are...
Amazon and Leyou will make a Lord of the Rings PC and console game
Amazon Game Studios will collaborate with Hong Kong-based Leyou Technologies and Middle-earth Enterprises to develop and publish a free-to-play massively multiplayer online (MMO) game...
Twitch Prime gets bonus items for GTA Online and Red Dead Online
Amazon and Rockstar Games are partnering up to deliver some extra goodies to Twitch Prime members. If you’re one of the millions of households...
Twitch Prime subscribers get 30 free days of Crunchyroll anime service
Twitch is announcing that its Twitch Prime members will get 30 days of free anime with a temporary subscription to Crunchyroll’s anime platform. Crunchyroll...
How Equinix enables multiplayer gaming across the internet
Jim Poole sees a lot of games coming through his network, only they’re not so readily identifiable as games. Poole is an executive at...
How crossplay and esports can drive each other forward
Crossplay has become a hot topic among gamers in the past year, and once-siloed platforms have begun to open up their platforms so that...
Carbonated Games teases mobile shooter on Amazon Lumberyard
Carbonated Games has been quiet for a few years, but soon it will start making some news about its mobile multiplayer shooter game. CEO...