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 launches update that overhauls its Lumberyard game-dev toolkit
Amazon is updating its Lumberyard tools for game developers. The engine is adding dozens of new features to improve animations, nonphotorealistic visuals, and more. Lumberyard...
John Smedley interview: Amazon wants games with ‘ridiculous computation’
John Smedley has had a storied career in games, including the creation of EverQuest, the growth of Sony Online Entertainment, and the spinout of...
The curious case of Amazon’s deep plunge into the esports industry
Amazon’s been busy building out an epic esports ecosystem, or empire, that is simply unprecedented. Just in case you haven’t appreciated the reality of...
Amazon bets big on gaming with high-profile hires
Amazon clearly has ambitions in the high end of the game business. Today, it announced that Command & Conquer veteran Louis Castle has become...
Inside Amazon’s decision to make a video game engine
Amazon launched its Lumberyard video game engine this week, showing its intentions to become a much bigger platform company in the games business. To date,...
Amazon adds zombie apocalypse reference to its AWS terms
Public cloud infrastructure provider Amazon Web Services (AWS) is getting snarky. And it’s not even April Fools’ Day. In conjunction with the launch last...