Media: Amazon cancels his games because he does not cope with his own engine

A few days ago it became known that in the game unit Amazon Dismissions are held. According to rumors, along with this, the corporation canceled a pack of non -anons. And fresh reports clarify that the source of trouble was the Amazon Lumberyard engine.

The news reports The Wall Street Journal. The site contacted its sources in Amazon Game Studios. They said that the corporation stopped developing at least one PC game, which was not shown to the public.

Reason – Amazon Lumberyard technology. The Drueckglueckcasino.uk engine was built in order to spur other companies to use cloud solutions from Amazon. Accordingly, the "motor" was immediately adjusted for network needs.

However, it so happened that Lumberyard was not suitable for those multiplayer games that wanted to release Amazon, Report TWSJ sources. And the alteration of the engine is given to the company with great difficulty – they say, Breakaway (one of the three announced games Amazon Game Studios) died precisely due to technical complications. As Twsj writes, it came to the point that Amazon will soon allow their commands to use third -party engines.

Amazon Lumberyard officially introduced in 2016. It is based on Cryengine, but has undergone significant changes. In addition to large blockbusters from Amazon They rely on this engine The Grand Tour Game And Star Citizen. But The Grand Tour Game Sold sluggishly (at least, so states TWSJ), and Star Citizen – This is the Babylonian tower from the world of Gamdev, the end and edge of which is not visible. In other words, the stories of success associated with Lumberyard did not appear in three years.

U Amazon Game Studios In general, things are also going on, it also does not matter: now the game unit has about 800 employees and three studios in different cities. The unit began to engage in full -fledged video games in the area of ​​2014, the best minds of Gamdev were called there, but in five years Amazon Game Studios gave birth only a few mobile entertainment and unhappy The Grand Tour Game.