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The first its studios to be opened in Europe, Amazon Games Bucharest will join other Amazon Games teams in Orange County, Montreal, San Diego and Seattle.

The studio will be led by Cristian Pana, former managing director at Ubisoft Bucharest. Pana has over 20 years of experience and previously worked on Far Cry, The Division, and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora.

“I’m thrilled to join Amazon Games at a time when the team is actively building across an exciting roadmap,” Pana said.

“I’ve built and led outstanding teams in the past and I know this area of Europe is a hot spot for some of the very best talent in gaming.”

Christoph Hartmann, VP of Amazon Games added: “Amazon Games is focused on developing and publishing great games, and we have an ambitious long-term roadmap in front of us.”

“Expanding our internal development teams into Europe was a natural next step for us as we tackle our broad portfolio.

“Bucharest is known as one of the top emerging European cities for game development and we look forward to tapping into the rich talent pool.”

Amazon Games is opening its first European studio, helmed by a Ubisoft veteran | VGC

Amazon has announced the opening of a new video game studio.

www.videogameschronicle.com

 

[Yoda]

I think Amazon technically entered the gaming biz 14 years ago? Took forever to release a few games which were mid and/or sucked so bad they unlaunched? Solution? Hire someone from a game studio that hasn't put out anything good in a very long time?

 

[Spyxos]

I thought they had given up. It will be closed again in 2-3 years.

 

[Hudo]

I think Amazon technically entered the gaming biz 14 years ago? Took forever to release a few games which were mid and/or sucked so bad they unlaunched? Solution? Hire someone from a game studio that hasn't put out anything good in a very long time?

To be fair, Ubisoft Bucharest did put out better stuff than Amazon Game Studios have so far. So it's an improvement.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Huh, cool, in my country. I am learning c#. Maybe I should apply.