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ere's a close-up look at the Fire TV's optional controller, which can be bought separately from Amazon's mini-console for $US40. It's a lot like an Xbox 360 controller, with some extra media buttons and a significantly worse d-pad.
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Amazon is bolstering up talent in its video game development studio, and it has two new high-profile snags: Portal designer Kim Swift and Far Cry 2 designer Clint Hocking have both joined Amazon Game Studios.
The newly announced Amazon Fire TV (only available in the US) won't just be letting people play Android mobile games on your TV. It's going to have its own exclusives too, and the first one -- a sci-fi shooter called Sev Zero -- looks like it's aiming squarely pulling in people who play action-heavy games on consoles.
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