Amazon Announces 'Game Circle' to Compete With Apple's Game Center [Video]

Amazon has announced 'Game Circle' a new service that will compete with Apple's Game Center.

GameCircle will make achievements, leaderboards and sync APIs accessible, simple and quick for you to integrate, and will give gamers a more seamless and entertaining in-game experience.

Achievements
GameCircle achievements allow players to track all earned trophies, treasures, badges, awards, and more without leaving the gaming experience. Players can receive in-game messages to keep track of accolades earned in real-time or pause and view an achievements summary to check earned collections and determine what badges are still needed, before returning to gameplay.



Leaderboards
GameCircle leaderboards provide an in-game view of score comparison information and percentile ranking, allowing players to quickly and easily check standings against top players or competitors, without ever leaving your game.


Sync
Sync automatically saves a player's in-game progress to the cloud and allows them to pick-up exactly where they left off when restoring a deleted game or switching devices. Players will not have to worry about losing progress, scores or achievements between Kindle Fire devices, as all data is securely stored in the cloud.


"Our goal is to give developers great tools to quickly and easily reach new customers and keep them engaged. That's why we're creating easy-to-integrate APIs for features like leaderboards, achievements and sync. We also introduced In-App Purchasing API in April, allowing developers to offer a seamless 1-Click purchasing experience within their apps and games, and we're just getting started," said Paul Ryder, Vice President of Apps, Games, and Services at Amazon. "GameCircle gives developers the right tools to build an immersive, more entertaining experience on Kindle Fire, which will ultimately help developers grow their business."

To sign up for access, go to http://amazon.com/gamecircle-signup.