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[Hendrick's]

Their console effort tanked, but they didn't want to lay off all the studios, so they went this route.

What effort? Didn't know they even did anything in that regard.

 

[IvorB]

Amazon should have honestly tried to push a Steam Machine instead of their fire console.

EDIT: And this was a sentiment I shared before their console even was announced.

Why play messenger boy for the Big Boss when you can be the Big Boss?

 

[V-Faction]

You have my well wishes, Amazon. There are plenty of amazing PC games out there with amazing developer(s) behind them, so expect great competition. It's the market that birthed the free-wielding nature.

 

[viveks86]

So this is the team Corrinne Yu is now working for...

 

[Americanmushroom]

Amazon in the gaming space is a great addition in my opinion, lets hope they're not just going after the cheqp bucks with pay2wins

 

[Somnid]

FireTV was not their game strategy, AGS was an experiment to make first-party mobile games up until they started making major acquisitions last year. It was clear then that they did not make those acquisitions for pure mobile and that we wouldn't see the fruits of that for quite some time. In fact, even their increasingly bigger mobile titles like Til Morning's Light are stop-gap external development. There is no big change in direction, they just never started.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

So this is the team Corrinne Yu is now working for...

No.

Her twitter says this, "Prime Air Principal Development Manager;is direct report to Amazon VP of Science P Viola."

 

[Guri]

Around one week or two ago, Kim Swift posted job openings for her team (and they're working on PC games too). So, yeah, not surprised. Also, her team and Double-Helix are not the same.

 

[Nzyme32]

So this is the team Corrinne Yu is now working for...

No, she is working on Prime Air - the Drone delivery service Amazon have been working on for a while

 

[Krejlooc]

Why play messenger boy for the Big Boss when you can be the Big Boss?

Because they just came off looking like solidus at best.

 

[Nyoro SF]

Remember when they were going to develop Fire TV games? And even had a trailer for them and everything? I expect that this will be another fruitless endeavor.

This is the last I remember of Amazon doing game hires.

I remember media hyping up the fact that they had poached all of this top tier talent but we never saw anything come from it.

I'm honestly not expecting much from them. A company like this without any proper focus won't make any waves even with a game release.

 

[Chobel]

Notes:
-There seems to be a variety of games here.
-At least one of them appears to be f2p given the job postings, which isn't that surprising for PC gaming.
-The jobs suggest these are core oriented games.

 

[wildfire]

More over-ambitious nonsense from a bloated clueless organisation fixated on expansion into areas they havent got a clue about.

But it's better that they try, isn't it?

Best case we have another good dev for PC games. Worst we lose nothing.

I look to Amazon to offer a great online shipping experience. They can branch out into other industries (Sony's best business is their Insurance Policy subsidiary) but there is no reason to believe they are putting their money at risk spending time and resources in an area they will be automatically competent at.

That money and resources if wasted could've been put into making a better online store.

 

[The Lamonster]

I wonder if Amazon is going to have any kind of presence at this year's E3.

 

[robotrock]

Neat. I hope Double Helix is doing something awesome.

 

[Gaogaogao]

they must be going to the amd pc gaming show

 

[Kieli]

These going to be for their proprietary console or something?

 

[Lingitiz]

They picked up a ton of talent in recent years. Glad they're not going to relegated to just Amazon Fire stuff.

 

[PKrockin]

These going to be for their proprietary console or something?

They do have their own PC digital distribution system, don't they?

 

[Mivey]

Notes:
-There seems to be a variety of games here.
-At least one of them appears to be f2p given the job postings, which isn't that surprising for PC gaming.
-The jobs suggest these are core oriented games.

One has to wonder,
what would be a hardcore F2P game? Forcing you to do micro transactions to get past the menu screen? (everytime)

 

[Azure Dream]

Join us, and you’ll have the power of Twitch, AWS, and the entire Amazon ecosystem to shape the future of games.

This almost sounds like something a movie villain would say in a deep voice, his arm outstretched.

 

[KKRT00]

One has to wonder,
what would be a hardcore F2P game? Forcing you to do micro transactions to get past the menu screen? (everytime)

Check Path of Exile.

 

[Concept17]

Damnit, nothing I can apply for. Hire me amazon!

 

[Neuromancer]

Garnett Lee has lied to us all!

 

[mr2xxx]

So they are doing PC and android gaming then?

 

[Corto]

One has to wonder,
what would be a hardcore F2P game? Forcing you to do micro transactions to get past the menu screen? (everytime)

DOTA 2, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, Hawken.

 

[anexanhume]

I imagine this is part of an ecosystem push to some degree. They won't just make games.

 

[Wiktor]

Amazon should have honestly tried to push a Steam Machine instead of their fire console.

EDIT: And this was a sentiment I shared before their console even was announced.

Umm..wat? You mean a steam machine-like device, right? Because Amazon making a device that uses Steam makes zero sense.

 

[Wiktor]

That money and resources if wasted could've been put into making a better online store.

Erm.....Amazon pretty much invests all their profits back into company. Spending hundreds of millions of dollars each quarter on improving just a website would be insane. Especially since a lot of their investments in other stuff are doing very well.

 

[hesido]

Oh, I've seen this in VentureBeat. Of course GAF has seen it days ago.

But this is good news, a new power house publisher of games catering to the core gaming crowd.

 

[exmachina64]

Well not sure if you knew this but Walmart is releasing music albums. The Walmart Choir.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3iuxN2IpxI

I bet they were still paid minimum wage.

 

[biglittleps]

Crytek have a deal with Amazon for huge amount so seems like they want to use their tech to create AAA games for PC (may be consoles too).

 

[Schweinehund]

I enjoy shopping at Amazon though I've never used a fire or any of their other devices. I like that they aim to generate money through customer loyalty, it worked well for Valve and maybe they'll duplicate their success.

 

[viveks86]

No.

Her twitter says this, "Prime Air Principal Development Manager;is direct report to Amazon VP of Science P Viola."

No, she is working on Prime Air - the Drone delivery service Amazon have been working on for a while

Oh! Thanks for the correction. Didn't know she stepped out of the games industry altogether.

 

[hesido]

Oh! Thanks for the correction. Didn't know she stepped out of the games industry altogether.

But this also is something to talk about:

Amazon says it has already nabbed folks who worked on such games as Portal, World of Warcraft, BioShock, Half Life 2, Left for Dead, Dota 2, Halo, Infamous, Shadows of Mordor and The Last of Us.

Which other dev went to amazon from ND? There were other departures indeed..

 

[Lucumo]

One has to wonder,
what would be a hardcore F2P game? Forcing you to do micro transactions to get past the menu screen? (everytime)

Proper MMOGs?

 

[Nirolak]

This matches the job postings:

Grain of salt: when i was in Seattle attending the international Dota 2 event, my uber driver noticed my attire (lol) and asked if i was watching the games. He said the other day he took 3 amazon employees who "are going to see the event and how its managed. They told me that they are working on making something like that "dota" game, but even better."

Granted this guy really had no idea about videogames let alone Dota. Sure it means nothing but who knows