Tag Archives: Amazon

Amazon has agreed to purchase popular videogames streaming service Twitch for $970 million in cash, Amazon has confirmed. The deal will be officially closed at the end of the year. Read More »

So the reports of Amazon developing a games console for release this holiday season appears to be real, as the firm has just confirmed that it purchased the studio that developed the latest Killer Instinct game for Xbox One, Double Helix Studios. Read More »

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According to a report by AllGamesBeta, Amazon is developing its own Android console, and it wants it out before the end of 2013. If that much is true for the distribution giant, then it’s yet another Android-powered console to hit the market in 2013, right behind Ouya and Nvidia’s Shield. In AGB’s words: According to those we spoke with who ... Read More »

Amazon.co.uk has just launched a digital download service for PC and Mac games. The Game Download Store includes high-profile titles like Tomb Raider and Assassin’s Creed, alongside smaller, digital-only releases like The Cave. The catalog also includes numerous DLC pieces, like Battlefield 3’s expansions. Free-to-play games are available too, with the ability to pay for in-game items.Non-gaming software, like Microsoft ... Read More »

Update: Microsoft has given an official statement following the NPD results for June 2013: “Xbox One, which will launch this fall, has already seen impressive pre-order sales as consumers have signed up to be the first to receive the new system,” Microsoft said last night. “In fact, Xbox One pre-orders are trending ahead of Xbox 360 pre-orders during the same time ... Read More »

Even after Microsoft banished its DRM plans for Xbox One, Sony’s PS4 is still ruling GameStop’s bestsellers chart following its overwhelmingly positive E3 press conference. Read More »

We know Mirror’s Edge 2 is coming, but will it be available on all next generation consoles, or has Microsoft struck a deal with EA that would see the game only being released on Xbox One? Signs are pointing towards to the latter. Read More »

The preorder bonuses for Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs from GameStop and Amazon have been announced. Details below. Read More »

The release date of Square Enix’s Lighting Returns: Final Fantasy 13 has appeared on Amazon UK. Read More »

Ubisoft’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist will be released on March 29th, 2013, if Amazon’s pinning of said date for the game’s to be believed. Hey, you know what we say? It’s never to early to start saving up on cash. – your quenchable for the day. Read More »

As the launch of Wii U gets closer, retailers are starting to leak information Nintendo would rather remain secret. And while it’s not concrete information, Amazon Germany has pinned down Wii U for a December 21st launch. Read More »

Although Sony hasn’t sent out God Of War: Ascension’s collectors edition details, one can always depend on Amazon for such things. See what’s in the box below the break. Read More »

Some good stuff this year. Read More »

Black Ops II Pre-Order Sales Sky-Rocket! With Amazon’s day one pre-order sales of Call of Duty: Black Ops II exceeding both Black Ops and Modern Warfare 3, it looks like Activision’s Call of Duty franchise is still up and running. Earlier today, Amazon UK told MCV that Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 pre-orders were three times higher than its ... Read More »