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In July, Amazon GameCircle was launched with the leaderboards and achievements. Now Kindle Fire owners can connect with other GameCircle players or import their Facebook Friends to compare achievements and compete for higher scores. Customers are able to see what games their friends own and what new games they should try.
Each GameCircle-enabled game gets several pages of content in the game library, including a “Summary” page, a friends page, an achievements page and a leaderboards page. The “Summary” page features friends ranking, player scores and next achievement to earn, as well as the “Play” button to launch the game.
Developers on their end benefit from increased exposure as select GameCircle games will be highlighted in Amazon Appstore. Moreover, the game discovery mechanisms also plays a role, allowing players to easily discover new games to try out.
Integrating GameCircle in games is free and if you’re a developer, you can get additional information from this page…
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
