Engine Trouble
Report: Amazon is letting its dev teams use game engines other than Lumberyard
Developers say firm is struggling with maintaining the middleware
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Amazon is a US-based multinational electronic commerce company. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, it is the largest online retailer in the United States.
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Peter Heinrich
Developer Evangelist
Mike Hines
Amazon Appstore Evangelist
Michael Frazzini
VP of Games
Matthew Hatherly
Business Development Manager
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Head of EU Business Development
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Job Losses
Dozens struck by layoffs at Amazon Game Studios
Development teams have release one title since 2015
From This Moment On
Amazon launches new reward scheme Amazon Moments
Tailor-made discounts
Stream
Amazon GameOn expands with Twitch-integrated Tournament organiser
The latest update to the cross-platform API lets viewers play alongside streamers
Gearing Up
Amazon partners with Eden for $20k GameOn Masters: Gear.Club esports tournament
Competition gets sports car manufacturer Pagani as sponsor
Amazon
Amazon quickly follows in Apple's footsteps and hits $1 trillion valuation
The online store joins Apple as the second public US firm to pass the threshold
Mobile Masters
Amazon names the winners of its $100,000 Mobile Masters Seattle esports event
Participants competed in World of Tanks: Blitz, Power Rangers: Legacy Wars, Critical Ops and Survival Arena
Competitive Gaming
Amazon’s $100,000 Mobile Masters esports tournament returns in June
Games include Power Rangers: Legacy Wars, Survival Arena, World of Tanks Blitz and Critical Ops
Friendly Competition
Amazon reveals cross-platform competitive gaming service GameOn that delivers real-world prizes
Developers can use it to implement leaderboards, leagues and multi-round competitions
Good Game
Amazon officially acquires cloud development platform GameSparks
Despite being reported back in July 2017 the deal is now official
Champion Of Fire
Amazon's 2017 Champions of Fire casual eSports tournament wraps up in New York
Twitch streamer Yassuo wins $10,000
Straight Fire
Amazon's Champions of Fire casual eSports tournament returns on December 2nd
Sonic Forces: Speed Battle, Beach Buggy Racing, Minion Rush and more will be represented
Event Cancellation
Critical Force pulls out of Amazon Mobile Masters after Las Vegas shooting
Tournament for FPS Critical Ops cancelled
Amazon's Next Top Hq
Amazon begins public search for city to host its planned $5 billion second headquarters
Promises to bring 50,000 jobs to the city
Investment Spark
Report: Amazon bought UK cloud tech firm GameSparks for $10 million
Retail and tech giant remains tight-lipped on deal
Sparks Fly
Amazon buys UK cloud development platform GameSparks
Deal said to be worth "tens of millions of pounds"
Summoning A Crowd
Broadcast of Summoners War eSport tournament hits top five on Twitch
M2: Mobile Masters Invitational 2017 racked up 35,000 concurrent views
Mobile Masters
Amazon brings Summoners War, Hearthstone and Vainglory together for Mobile Masters Invitiational eSports tournament
Top teams and streamers come together to battle it out for a $65,000 prize pool
Ice And Fire
Report: Amazon plots return to smartphone market with Google Android-powered Ice devices
Sets eyes on India
Amazon Refunds
Amazon begins $70 million refund process over unauthorised IAPs made by children
Get your applications in before May 28th 2018
Under Construction
“We want to be the best listeners on the planet”: How Amazon is pitting Lumberyard against Unity and Unreal
Amazon Games VP Mike Frazzini discusses the company's big plans for developers
Lift Your Game
Amazon GameLift now works with all C++ and C#-based game engines
Amazon Lumberyard updated to 1.8 too
Organic Growth
How to maximise organic downloads for your mobile game
Mike Hines tells all
Amazon Iap
Amazon ordered to pay parents up to $86 million for unauthorised IAPs made by children
Federal judge orders year-long claims process
In Preview
Amazon Lumberyard Beta 1.5 goes live with new Asset Builder SDK
Lumberyard strengthens its feature set
Xp Doubler
Amazon offers iOS developers double-rate eCPMs during August
Time-limited offer
Tune In, Join In
How the deep Twitch integration of Amazon's Lumberyard engine will drive a new type of community and gaming
VP of Games Mike Frazzini on its multiplatform community approach
Online Focused
Amazon announces Web Services and Twitch-integrated Lumberyard game engine
Console now, mobile to come
Monetisation Matters
Video: Making the most of monetisation
Make a plan and strike the right balance
Free For All
Amazon Underground launches in Italy, Spain and 14 more European countries
Not so underground anymore
Underground Boom
Halfbrick and Rovio see Amazon revenues more than doubled by Underground involvement
$0.002 a minute adds up after all
Primed
Find out everything about Amazon Appstore at the free London Developer Summit on 3 November
One day of knowledge
Frontfacing
Backflip and Etermax among devs signed up for Amazon's Merch branded t-shirt program
Chestbusters
Rewind
Friday Flashback: Amazon's Fire TV is more My Little Pony than a gaming Trojan Horse
Contradictory signals
On Fire
Amazon takes Apple TV head-on with refreshed Fire TV including $140 Gaming Edition
New tablets also inbound
The Other Side
Devs responsible for how they implement our #actuallyfree Underground system, says Amazon
The motivations and goals behind the initiative
Value Of Nothing
Why Amazon Underground is broken for F2P games
Ultimate Robot Fighting borked
Micro-transact That
Can Nintendo and Amazon disrupt the free-to-play market with a new business paradigm?
Two new approaches
New Approach
Amazon unveils its Underground store, where devs get paid $0.002 per minute of player time
Flipping the model
Levelling Up
Amazon's Mike Hines on moving from players and IAPs to fans and alternative revenue streams
A new way to play
Your Hero
Amazon offers customizable 3D-printed video game characters
Sandboxr offers 3D printing services to Amazon
Can't Buy Love
Despite $50 million Crytek deal, Mavens split over whether Amazon has a future in mobile games
So hard to create relevance
Giving It All Away
Amazon gives away $105 app and game bundle to drive Amazon App downloads
Alternative retailing
Smor-games-board
Is Netflixification the future of premium mobile gaming?
Carter Dotson wants all-he-can-play
Start Your Engine
Amazon makes another strategic gaming move with $50 million CryEngine deal
But what comes next?
Twice As Nice
Latest BlackBerry 10 update adds Amazon Appstore
Amazon Appstore becomes BlackBerry's second marketplace
Happy Holidays
Amazon gets into Christmas spirit with $220 app and games giveaway
Currency and IAPs also gain 30% discount
Amazon is discounting its Appstore Coins by 20% until 19 October
Free money, sort of
Chart Of The Week
Social casino game Slotomania generates 15% higher ARPU on Amazon than iOS
Reaching your target audience
Amazon presses reset: Launches new tablets, rolls out OS update
Sangria hits Fire devices