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Cross-platform tools developer teams up with retail giant following the launch of new Underground games venture
Read More »The Amazon Fire Phone is no more
The ill-fated experiment otherwise known as the Amazon Fire Phone is now over. The Verge reports that Amazon has confirmed that it has sold through its entire Fire Phone inventory across the globe and that it has no plans to replenish [it]”. In other words, it’s not going to build …
Read More »Nintendo launches digital store on Amazon for Wii U, 3DS games
Amazon users in the US now have the option to purchase Wii U and 3DS digital downloads, thanks to Nintendo’s new space on the online retailer. The storefront currently carries 61 titles between Nintendo’s current console and handheld, including Mario Kart 8, Splatoon and Super Smash Bros. The partnership with …
Read More »Amazon Underground offers free versions of premium and freemium games
Retailer Amazon has developed a new business model that allows it to offer a number of Android apps to users for free. Amazon Underground is the name of the initiative, which is delivered via a dedicated Android app. It claims to offer over $10k worth of apps, all of which …
Read More »Amazon Underground introduces new ‘pay-as-they-play’ business model
New venture by Kindle firm pays free-to-play developers based on the minutes gamers spend with their titles
Read More »Two more designers follow Clint Hocking out of Amazon
Principal game designer Jonathan Hamel and director of narrative design Eric Nylund quit studio
Read More »Two more join Hocking in Amazon Game Studios exit
Clint Hocking isn’t the only high-profile member of Amazon Game Studios to leave the developer. It was reported yesterday that Hocking, who joined the then growing studio alongside Portal lead Kim Swift in April 2014, has now left the company. GameSpot reports that two other big names have also exited …
Read More »Amazon ditches its trade-in program
By the end of the month customers will no longer be able to trade-in their old video games at Amazon. Until now a whole host of products – including but not limited to video games – could be traded in on the site. However, the entire process is being scrapped. …
Read More »Clint Hocking leaves Amazon Game Studios
Splinter Cell dev departs retailer's lead studio after just over a year
Read More »Clint Hocking leaves Amazon Game Studios – report
Industry vet Clint Hocking has left Amazon Game Studios, according to a new report. IGN reports on the departure of Hocking, which comes a little over a year after both he and former Valve lead Kim Swift joined Amazon’s development team and just two months following the company announcing new …
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