Amazon has announced its new GameCircle feature for the Kindle Fire that offers gaming leaderboards and achievements.
“GameCircle allows you to track your in-game awards, view leaderboards, and save your game progress online,” reports PCWorld.
It is currently available for developers and is expected to launch with Kindle Fire games in the coming weeks.
“GameCircle has echoes of OpenFeint and Apple’s Game Center, but Amazon’s feature doesn’t appear to have the same social features as the other platforms,” notes the article. “Amazon didn’t mention anything about a social component where you can connect with friends to share games and view a friends-only leaderboard similar to Game Center.”
A centralized gaming feature has become a must-have for mobile platforms. Amazon’s rollout may be an indicator that it plans to launch its own smartphone and expand its mobile offerings.
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