Crytek makes a deal with Amazon - report

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Recently struggling game developer Crytek has found funding from Amazon, according to multiple sources in a Kotaku report.
While all of the sources remained anonymous, Kotaku noted that Amazon's deal would keep Crytek afloat for a good long while. One source claimed the Crysis developer would receive $50m from the new arrangement, while another said $70m. Either way, it's a lot.
This is in keeping with the new mysterious funding Crytek teased last year when it admitted things had been looking grim, but that it recently acquired a new benefactor that would keep the company running "not just in the short term, but also long term."
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