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Read More »Amazon acquires Killer Instinct dev Double Helix
Double Helix, the developer of Microsoft’s free-to-play Xbox One battler Killer Instinct, has been acquired by Amazon. The news follows claims last week that Amazon is on the cusp of announcing a games-focused under-the-TV Kindle machine. Amazon told TechCrunch that Double Helix’s current lineup of games and other future developments …
Read More »Amazon to increase price of Prime membership due to increased delivery costs
The cost of membership to Amazon’s popular Prime service is going up, the retailer has said. The 49.99 per year service offers unlimited free one day delivery on a significant proportion of the retailer’s stock, as well as free access to many of its Kindle digital book titles. However, Amazon …
Read More »AppStream could bring EVE character creation to mobile
CCP experimenting with Amazon tech to cut download down-time
Read More »Amazon to launch console this year – report
A games-focused under-the-TV entertainment system will be launched by Amazon in 2014, a new report has claimed. VG247 claims to have word from multiple sources” that a $300 machine will be launched this year that offers the streaming and download of games, music, movies and TV content”. It will run …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V PC listings appear on Amazon
Listings for a PC version of Grand Theft Auto V have appeared on two of Amazon’s websites. DualShockers spotted pages for the game on both Amazon Germany and Amazon France. The latter has been pulled, but the German listing is still active. The game remains officially unannounced but the body …
Read More »Amazon wants to ship you products BEFORE you order them
Online retailer Amazon is planning to ship orders to customers before they have even pressed the ‘buy’ button’. Wall Street Journal reports that the company has applied to patent for a method called anticipatory shipping”, the function of which is to minimise the wait between ordering and receiving to such …
Read More »UPDATED: Disney pulls Christmas videos from Amazon
The film studio has decided to take down all of its Christmas videos from Amazon for the festive season. This not only affects those wanting to buy or rent films such as The Muppet Christmas Carol, but those who have already bought such content, too, who have seen it disappearing …
Read More »Amazon India launches video games section
Amazon India, which is gradually expanding its product offerings, has now added a video games section. Amazon is still in the process of integrating the games category into the website, so at the time of writing, you can’t browse to the games section from the homepage, but it can be …
Read More »Amazon UK launches digital PlayStation store
The UK arm of Amazon is now selling PSN games. It follows a move from the US, which launched a PlayStation digital store last month. Gamers can buy any PS3, PS Vita or PS4 game from Amazon and receive a code for use over the PlayStation Network. Fans can also …
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