5. Games

Games are so important to the Kindle Fire experience that they have their own library. This is interesting because all Kindle Fire games are apps, and they show up in the Apps library in addition to the Games library. As you would expect, a ton of games are available for your Kindle Fire (many of them, free).

Games that support Amazon GameCircle, Amazon’s social gaming network, allow you to compare your high scores with other players, sync your place in games across devices, and collect virtual tokens for game-related achievements.

This chapter covers downloading games, launching them, and getting social with Amazon GameCircle.

Getting games

Before you can play, ...

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