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Lumberyard looks like it's got a lot of potential as a game/visualization engine. Epic and Unity have established an aggressive development pace that may be challenging for Amazon to match.

At public beta launch, Lumberyard already has components that are not based on CryEngine. Aside from adding the AWS SDK to the engine – allowing for native C++ access to its services – Amazon has also brought in new low-latency networking code based on what Double Helix, the Southern California studio it acquired in 2014, developed for Xbox One fighting game Killer Instinct.

http://gamasutra.com/view/news/265425/ [gamasutra.com]