Google is blocking access to YouTube on two Amazon devices. The company has announced that YouTube access for both Fire TV and Echo Show owners will be halted on January 1st. The news comes as tensions between Google and Amazon escalate. The precise reasons behind the disagreement vary by report, …
Read More »Amazon’s Alexa now integrates with Destiny 2
In one of the more unusual tie-ins we’ve seen this year, Activision has announced some Destiny 2-related functionality for Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant. Alexa will now respond to a variety of tasks with the prefix “Alexa, ask Ghost…” (Ghost being the game’s robotic AI assistant, for those not versed in …
Read More »GameMaker Studio 2 adds Amazon Appstore support for Fire products
The new support will work across all Amazon Fire devices and is available with a 60 day test period for free
Read More »Amazon takes Sin City, with $80,000 Mobile Masters Las Vegas tournament taking place in October
Amazon have announced the Mobile Masters Las Vegas (MMLV) tournament, bringing mobile competition to the Millennial Esports Arena. The MMLV is part of Amazon’s efforts to make competitive gaming more open to mobile competitors and viewers, and is their second attempt at mobile esports after Mobile Masters New York back …
Read More »Resilient retail – UK retailers discuss stock shortages, Switch and Brexit
This year has already brought a few shocks and surprises to retail. The first few months of 2017 had its usual new entries in best-selling franchises such as Resident Evil 7 and Mass Effect Andromeda, some big new IP releases including Horizon Zero Dawn, and, of course, there’s Crash Bandicoot …
Read More »Sensible Object selected for Amazon Alexa Accelerator
Amazon has announced a new startup accelerator program for its smart voice assistant Alexa device, and London-based developer Sensible Object is the only company from the UK to make the list. The Alexa Accelerator, powered by Techstars, was created by the Alexa Fund, which provides up to $100m in VC …
Read More »UK based Sensible Object selected for Amazon Alexa Accelerator
The technology focused game developer is the only UK studio selected for the program
Read More »Amazon: A year in the Lumberyard
Sean Cleaver catches up with Amazon Games Services vice president, Mike Frazzini, to see how the Amazon Lumberyard engine and the company’s gaming focus has come on in the past year
Read More »Amazon Lumberyard releases biggest ever update
Update 1.9 improves workflows, includes new cloud features and improvements for Twitch Metastream
Read More »Amazon hires Westwood veteran Louis Castle for top Seattle job
Castle credited on over 100 games
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