<s>
Amazon	B-Application
Lumberyard	I-Application
is	O
a	O
now-superseded	O
freeware	B-License
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
game	O
engine	O
developed	O
by	O
Amazon	B-Application
and	O
based	O
on	O
CryEngine	B-Application
(	O
initially	O
released	O
in	O
2002	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
licensed	O
from	O
Crytek	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2021	O
,	O
Amazon	B-Application
and	O
the	B-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
announced	O
that	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
engine	O
would	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
new	O
open	O
source	O
game	O
engine	O
called	O
Open	B-Application
3D	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
,	O
which	O
would	O
replace	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
Open	B-Operating_System
3D	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
,	O
run	O
by	O
the	B-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
,	O
will	O
manage	O
the	O
new	O
engine	O
,	O
which	O
will	O
be	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
Apache	B-Application
2.0	I-Application
license	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Lumberyard	O
engine	O
features	O
integration	O
with	O
Amazon	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Services	I-Application
to	O
allow	O
developers	O
to	O
build	O
or	O
host	O
their	O
games	O
on	O
Amazon	B-Application
's	O
servers	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
support	O
for	O
livestreaming	O
via	O
Twitch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
the	O
software	O
is	O
currently	O
in	O
beta	O
status	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
build	O
games	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
with	O
limited	O
support	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
support	O
for	O
macOS	O
being	O
planned	O
for	O
future	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
integration	O
was	O
added	O
in	O
Beta	O
1.3	O
,	O
allowing	O
developers	O
to	O
build	O
games	O
supporting	O
devices	O
like	O
Oculus	B-Device
Rift	I-Device
and	O
HTC	O
Vive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
being	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
architecture	O
of	O
Crytek	O
's	O
CryEngine	B-Application
,	O
the	O
engine	O
has	O
been	O
developed	O
to	O
use	O
many	O
of	O
its	O
own	O
custom-developed	O
systems	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
which	O
are	O
in	O
a	O
preview	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
audio	O
solution	O
Audiokinetic	B-Application
Wwise	I-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
in	O
many	O
popular	O
games	O
,	O
was	O
added	O
in	O
Beta	O
1.0	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
February	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
14	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
Lumberyard	O
received	O
its	O
first	O
update	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
support	O
for	O
mobile	O
devices	O
such	O
as	O
A8-powered	O
iOS	B-Application
devices	O
and	O
Nvidia	B-Application
Shield	I-Application
,	O
an	O
FBX	B-Application
importer	O
,	O
and	O
integration	O
with	O
Allegorithmic	O
's	O
texturing	O
software	O
Substance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
16	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
engine	O
's	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
released	O
under	O
a	O
source-available	B-License
arrangement	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
,	O
but	O
remained	O
under	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
license	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
6	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
Amazon	B-Application
announced	O
it	O
was	O
partnering	O
with	O
the	B-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
to	O
form	O
the	O
Open	B-Operating_System
3D	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
and	O
would	O
be	O
releasing	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
Lumberyard	O
,	O
rebranded	O
as	O
Open	B-Application
3D	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
(	O
O3DE	B-Application
)	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
Apache-2.0	O
open	O
source	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
