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Offline idolminds

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Amazon launches game engine Lumberyard
« on: Tuesday, February 09, 2016, 10:38:29 AM »
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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.
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Re: Amazon launches game engine Lumberyard
« Reply #1 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?
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Re: Amazon launches game engine Lumberyard
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday, February 09, 2016, 12:11:57 PM »
This article from April last year now makes a lot more sense. Seems Crytek was in a bad spot and Amazon was able to get itself a good licensing deal.
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