Well, we found out what Amazon is doing.
They just posted up 25 job postings noting this: http://jobs.gamasutra.com/company/amazon-0791
Example:
http://jobs.gamasutra.com/job/sr-gameplay-engineer-amazon-game-studios-seattle-washington-28811
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.
Edit:
Correction, they have 70 jobs open. Only 25 are on Gamasutra.
http://www.amazon.jobs/team/amazon-game-studios
They just posted up 25 job postings noting this: http://jobs.gamasutra.com/company/amazon-0791
Example:
http://jobs.gamasutra.com/job/sr-gameplay-engineer-amazon-game-studios-seattle-washington-28811
At Amazon, our goal is to create great PC games. We believe in ground-breaking games that can redefine the boundaries of player experience and change the way the world sees digital entertainment. Games have the power to connect people at a massive scale, and creating these experiences will produce some of the future’s most influential voices in media and art. We seek the best game developers in the world to join our team and become the architects of this vision. Join us, and you’ll have the power of Twitch, AWS, and the entire Amazon ecosystem to shape the future of games. You will work alongside talented industry veterans, including key contributors from dozens of titles: Half Life 2, Left for Dead, Portal, Thief, System Shock 2, Age of Empires, Dawn Of War II, Halo, The Last of Us, Gears of War, Forza, and Bioshock.
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.
Edit:
Correction, they have 70 jobs open. Only 25 are on Gamasutra.
http://www.amazon.jobs/team/amazon-game-studios