Amazon Readies a Bigger Play in Video Game Development

Amazon.com is poised to move into video games in a big way. The online retailing giant already makes games playable on your TV through its Fire TV internet set-top box. Now, Amazon Game Studios is hiring a slew of designers for "a new PC game project using the latest technology," said Amazon Senior Designer Kim Swift in a post on LinkedIn. "Our team in Seattle has worked on a lot of great titles including Portal, Left for Dead, Half Life 2, Dota 2, World of Warcraft, Halo, Infamous, Shadows of Mordor, and many others. We want people that are driven to make the best games in the industry. We're looking to take interesting risks, and invent!"