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Read More »Amazon Fire Phone dated for the UK
Amazon’s Fire Phone will be released in the UK before the end of the month. The device will launch on September 30th and will, as reported yesterday, be an O2 exclusive. O2 won’t, however, be offering the handset contract-free, meaning that buyers will have to sign up to a 33 …
Read More »Amazon Fire TV pre-orders open in the UK
The latest entrant in the Android console sector, Amazon Fire TV, is now available to pre-order in the UK. The microconsole costs 79, although Amazon Prime members are able to buy it for 49 until Monday September 8th. It will actually be released on October 23rd. For the money buyers …
Read More »Develop Live: Amazon talks HTML5 vs Unity
Retail and platform giant will discuss web development tools at October conference
Read More »Amazon’s Fire Phone has sold fewer than 35,000, report claims
The newly launched Amazon phone may be off to what can only be described as a very slow start, new numbers suggest. Amazon’s Fire Phone was revealed in June and faced a chilly media reception from the off. Now some stat analysis from The Guardian suggests that consumers have been …
Read More »No changes at Twitch following Amazon acquisition
There won’t be any sweeping changes to either Twitch’s direction or staff following its buyout at the hands of Amazon. A $970m buyout was confirmed on Monday. We chose Amazon because they believe in our community, they share our values and long-term vision, and they want to help us get …
Read More »Amazon acquires game streaming site Twitch for nearly $1bn
Service attracted more than 55 million unique spectators in July
Read More »Amazon to buy Twitch in $970m deal
Retail giant Amazon has agreed to buy Twitch for $970m in cash. The retail giant swoops in for the firm, which was widely believed to have been an acquisition target for Google. Twitch is a major live-streaming platform for games, and one that has benefited hugely from eSports. It is …
Read More »Actually, Call of Duty pre-orders spiked 385% last week
As it turns out, Call of Duty had a pretty good Gamescom after all. You may recall that yesterday we published a story about pre-order spikes during Gamescom. Amazon UK revealed to us the impact Gamescom had on its big games and the numbers surprised us a bit. It revealed …
Read More »Amazon UK: FIFA 15 dominates Gamescom
Yesterday, we published a list from Amazon that revealed the games that enjoyed the biggest pre-order spikes during Gamescom. Project CARS and Wii U apparently performed best in terms of percentage increases. Of course, although that shows the latest movers and shakers, it doesn’t really mean anything in terms of …
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