Amazon Web Services goes gunning for gamers with free FPS framework

Amazon Web Services is handing PC and console game developers new tools to encourage them to use its cloud services for their back-end server infrastructure.It also hopes the game engine, Lumberyard, will boost use of the video streaming service Twitch, which it bought for almost US$1 billion in 2014.Lumberyard is a cross-platform 3D game engine that developers can modify for use in their projects, with full access to the source code, for free.There are some hidden bonuses in Lumberyard. Like Cr