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Double Helix Acquisition Confirmed ( Possible Amazon Console )

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  • 07-02-2014 3:49am
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    Amazon has acquired a gaming studio called Double Helix Games, TechCrunch has learned, and Amazon now confirms. The deal was for both talent and IP, we understand. Financial terms have not been disclosed.

    The Irvine, California-based company, founded in 2007 through the merger of two well-known game development shops, The Collective, Inc. and Shiny Entertainment, today employs 75 people who will now become Amazon employees and will continue to operate out of their Orange County home.

    News of the deal leaked due to an invitation to joint recruiting event from Amazon and Double Helix Games taking place in L.A. on February 13th. The acquisition announcement was planned to take place at that time, most likely.

    Amazon has provided TechCrunch with the following statement regarding the deal:

    “Amazon has acquired Double Helix as part of our ongoing commitment to build innovative games for customers."

    There have been rumours since last year that Amazon was planning on launching a console that would be Android powered, this could be the first step to seeing their plans coming to fruition.

    Strider is being released this month and will go ahead as planned, it is being published by Capcom, but it leaves Killer Instinct up in the air as it stands, seeing that Amazon now own the IP.


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