Crytek signs huge licensing deal with Amazon

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Last year, as the game company Crytek went through near-catastrophic financial struggles, they found help from an unlikely source: the tech giant Amazon.

Amazon agreed to a huge licensing deal involving Crytek’s proprietary tech, CryEngine, according to four people familiar with the deal, all of whom spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to speak publicly about this arrangement. Though I haven’t been able to pin down the exact dollar figure—one source said $50 million; another said 70—sources say it was substantial enough to help Crytek recover from the financial difficulties that kept them from paying some staff for months, as we reported last year. Kotaku

Hmm cryengine coming to Android! ? :meh:
 
I love competition. How deep do the pockets for amazon go? Sony and MS better come out with more powerful hardware next gen.