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Twitch bought by Amazon for nearly $1 billion

Today, it was announced by the Twitch CEO, Emmett Shear, that Twitch has been bought by Amazon. Rumor had been flying around for a long time that Google was the one to buy Twitch, but a latecomer who…

August 25, 2014 | 05:29 EDT

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Amazon Prime Music announced, now live!

Amazon Prime is a premium service by Amazon which started as a subscription service to allow Next Day (two day in the US) shipping on any products from Amazon without any charge or minimum purchase…

June 16, 2014 | 05:08 EDT

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Amazon Prime Video Acquires HBO Shows

Amazon announced a big licensing deal with HBO today where Amazon Prime members will be able to access Instant Videos of older HBO Programming including The Sopranos, Big Love, Eastbound…

April 23, 2014 | 10:36 EDT

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Amazon unveils Amazon FireTV

Amazon jumps into the video industry by introducing the Amazon Fire TV today at their press conference. After making some major puchases for their Amazon Prime video, more exclusively the blockbuster…

April 2, 2014 | 12:31 EDT

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Amazon May Be Entering The Console Wars

Front View Leaked photos from a Brazilian regulatory agency similar to the FCC and posted on media blog zatsnotfunny, show a controller made by and for Amazon. Recently, Amazon has acquired gaming…

March 18, 2014 | 12:29 EDT

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Walmart Allowing Used Game Trade-ins

Starting March 26th, 2014, you can trade in your used games for gift cards at Walmart. Those gift cards can be used at any Walmart or Sam's Club store - both in store and online. In addition, later…

March 18, 2014 | 03:41 EDT

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Amazon to raise price of Prime to $99

In an e-mail sent out to current Prime Members today, Amazon announced what has been rumored for a while now. They will be raising their rates of their Prime Membership from $79 to $99. Even as…

March 13, 2014 | 10:15 EDT

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THIEF modding madness

With Square Enix’s upcoming THIEF reboot just around the corner, the company has created an enticing incentive for fans to revisit those old gems gathering dust on your shelf. Square Enix and Amazon…

February 19, 2014 | 01:30 EST