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Games => General Gaming => Topic started by: idolminds on Tuesday, February 09, 2016, 10:38:29 AM

Title: Amazon launches game engine Lumberyard
Post by: idolminds on Tuesday, February 09, 2016, 10:38:29 AM

Article (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/265425/Amazon_launches_new_free_highquality_game_engine_Lumberyard.php)
Site (http://aws.amazon.com/lumberyard)

A fork of CryEngine, it's free to download and use. Source code included. Has integration with Amazons cloud stuff and Twitch. I knew Amazon was building up a gaming division but I didn't expect something like this to come out of it. Will be interesting to see if it gets used much.

Title: Re: Amazon launches game engine Lumberyard
Post by: scottws on Tuesday, February 09, 2016, 11:35:34 AM

Was CryEngine open source as well?  I wasn't aware of that.  If not, how did Amazon manage to open source a fork of a closed source engine?

Title: Re: Amazon launches game engine Lumberyard
Post by: idolminds on Tuesday, February 09, 2016, 12:11:57 PM

This article from April last year (http://kotaku.com/sources-amazon-spent-big-bucks-on-cryteks-engine-1696008878) now makes a lot more sense. Seems Crytek was in a bad spot and Amazon was able to get itself a good licensing deal.