Its most noteworthy contribution after launch was a developer outreach contest, also on Kickstarter, that drew “scam” accusations, which in turn forced the company to rewrite the contest rules. The Ouya, you might remember, is an Android-based TV-connected “microconsole,” a Kickstarter smash hit that didn’t exactly take the gaming world by storm last year. Another game in the same vein would not need a longtime AAA veteran.Īn Amazon representative declined to comment on the job postings or the composition of the current Game Studios team, but in that vacuum, here’s my uninformed gut check on this: If and when Amazon releases a gaming device (or, more likely, a media box with robust gaming features), it wants to avoid a repeat of the Ouya’s launch. The game is attractive and generally well-reviewed, but it never took off in any of the app store charts. Specifically calling for developers with big-budget experience is especially curious because, at least out in the wild, Amazon Game Studios has released only one game: The mobile strategy game Air Patriots, back in November 2012. It’s also missing a line from the LinkedIn posting, noting, “Our team includes industry veterans of dozens of titles including Thief, System Shock 2, Half Life 2, Left for Dead, Age of Empires, Halo, Gears of War, Forza, Call of Duty and Bioshock, with a pinch of Amazon peculiarity thrown in.” They’re the games that take up the most floor space at E3 and sell like hotcakes at retail stores like GameStop and Walmart - think Grand Theft Auto, Call of Duty or FIFA.Ī similar listing for a creative director can be found on Amazon’s website, but without any mention of Android or iOS. In the gaming industry, AAA is shorthand for big budgets and big teams. The listing, which appears to have first surfaced on LinkedIn more than a month ago, calls for a senior graphics developer with at least seven years of game development experience, with a preference for candidates with “Android and iOS game development experience” and who have “shipped AAA game title(s).” Here’s a bit of gasoline for that fire: A recent job listing at Amazon Game Studios. Since its acquisition of Double Helix Games, the fires of speculation that Amazon would enter the gaming console space have been a-burnin’ brighter than ever.
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