Chris Roberts says cloud computing is the way to go

Cloud Imperium Games has announced that it has switched from Crytek's CryEngine to Amazon's Lumberyard game engine for its anticipated crowdfunded Star Citizen and Squadron 42 games.

It pays to read the small print

It appears that the legal types working for Amazon are taking no chances and have worked in what is expected of developers during a Zombie apocalypse into the terms and conditions of its new game-development software Lumberyard.