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Amazon Introduces GameCircle for Kindle Fire and Opens Up APIs for Game Developers. Video.
GameCircle helps game developers grow their business by enabling them
to easily integrate new features including achievements, leaderboards
and sync, leading to a more engaging gaming experience for millions of
Kindle Fire owners.
Millions of people are already enjoying a vast selection
of games on Kindle Fire’s vibrant color 7" touchscreen with extra-wide
viewing angle. Today, Amazon.com, Inc. introduced “GameCircle,” an
all-new gaming experience for Kindle Fire, and released a series of APIs
for developers to add this new experience to their games. GameCircle
offers gaming customers a series of features such as achievements,
leaderboards, and sync that make gaming even more fun, convenient and
social on Kindle Fire.
The newly-released GameCircle APIs will help game
developers quickly and easily integrate their games with GameCircle,
allowing them to grow their business by reaching new customers and
keeping them engaged. Starting today, developers can access the
GameCircle APIs and find more information by visiting http://amazon.com/gamecircle, or amazonappstoredev
Achievements
Achievements allow players to track all earned trophies, treasures,
badges, awards and more while they’re playing games on their Kindle
Fire. Players won’t have to leave a game to receive messages, get
updates or track accolades. They can also pause a game, view an
achievements summary, determine what badges are still needed or desired,
and then return to gameplay.
Leaderboards
Leaderboards provide an in-game view of score comparison information and
percentile ranking, allowing players to quickly and easily check
standings against other players without ever leaving the game.
Sync
Sync automatically saves players’ in-game progress to the cloud and
allows them to pick up exactly where they left off when restoring a
deleted game or switching between their devices. Players will no longer
have to worry about losing game progress, scores or achievements between
Kindle Fire devices, as all data is securely stored for free in the
cloud.
“We have received extremely positive feedback from developers on our
recently launched In-App Purchasing API with its easy 1-Click
purchasing, and now we’re excited to add yet another reason to be a game
developer for Kindle Fire,” said Paul Ryder , Vice President of Apps and
Games at Amazon . “The new GameCircle APIs mean that developers don’t
have to worry about building leaderboards, achievements or sync in their
games – they can focus on the elements of their games that are truly
unique while building an immersive, more entertaining experience on
Kindle Fire. This will quickly help developers grow their business by
reaching more customers and keeping them engaged.”
“We are thrilled to be part of Amazon’s GameCircle with Temple Run ,”
said Keith Shepherd , Co-founder of Imangi Studios. “The new service is a
great way to keep our fans engaged by offering them more opportunities
to play the game, and an intuitive platform to connect with new players.”
"We’re excited about Amazon’s GameCircle because it brings a new level
of engagement for our most popular Android titles such as Doodle Jump
and Collapse!,” said Ken Murphy, VP of GameHouse Studios.
“The ability
to compete for high scores and achievements through the Amazon network
means even more fun for GameHouse players.”
"GameCircle is a wonderful addition to Triple Town ,” said David J.
Edery, CEO of Spry Fox. “It guarantees that Kindle Fire users will not
lose their active game or their hard-earned coins if they replace their
Kindle Fire, or if they must uninstall and reinstall Triple Town for
whatever reason. It also enables multiple-device owners to transfer
their game from one Kindle Fire device to another—something we think
gamers will love."
For more information on GameCircle and for access to the achievements,
leaderboard and sync APIs, visit http://amazon.com/gamecircle.
About Amazon.com
Source: Amazon.com, Inc.
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