The UK arm of online retailer Amazon cannot guarantee pre-Christmas delivery of either next-gen console for those who have yet to order. Its Xbox One page says that orders placed from November 13th may not be delivered before Christmas” and its PS4 page says customers who pre-order this console from …
Read More »Amazon launches PlayStation Digital Games Store in the US
Surprise – Amazon has launched a PlayStation Network Digital Games and DLC Store in the US. Kotaku reports that the store will offer content for PS4, PS3 and Vita and is a direct alternative to buying directly through Sony. Buyers will be given codes upon purchase that can be redeemed …
Read More »Amazon to begin Sunday deliveries
Online retailer Amazon is to start offering Sunday delivery to its customers. VentureBeat reports that the company has struck a deal with the USPS (United States Postal Service), marking the first time the organisation has agreed to Sunday deliveries. If you’re an Amazon Prime member, you can order a backpack …
Read More »Agawi takes to Amazon’s new GPU powered cloud instances
Bay Area streaming company now offers more back-end computing for 3D games
Read More »Amazon brings new 3D GPU instances to the cloud
Developers can now access top of the line hardware through Amazon Web Services
Read More »Candy Crush Saga is heading to Amazon’s Kindle Fire
King.com’s massively popular match-3 title Candy Crush Saga is to make its debut on Kindle Fire devices later this week. The game will be available from the Amazon Appstore from Thursday (October 17th), although it will appear in some unspecified ‘selected territories’ today. The game has some 53m+ active daily …
Read More »GTA V has already beaten Black Ops II, Skyrim and FIFA 13’s lifetime sales on Amazon
Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V continues to claim retail records. Amazon has, unsurprisingly, confirmed that GTA V is the fastest selling game ever at the retailer. Perhaps more surprising are the games whose lifetime sales it has already overtaken after less than a month on the market. These include Call …
Read More »Amazon: Get gamers playing more often, not longer, to succeed in free-to-play
F2P Summit: More than a third of paid players still spend after one month in top grossing apps
Read More »Amazon opens new app store developer program
Qualifying Kindle Fire apps to receive promotional boost through 500,000 free mobile ad impressions
Read More »Gamesalad engine goes free for Amazon Kindle Fire developers
Tool suite features drag and drop integration with Amazon's in-app purchase and GameCircle APIs
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