

The update also adds a guest mode, which allows players to play games and track their achievements without having to sign in.Īmazon has found that games using GameCircle produce higher user retention rates and revenue than those that don’t.

Integration of GameCircle also provides access to new Achievement Reports which are designed to help developers gain a better understanding of how players interact with games. GameCircle also provides direct support for Apple’s Game Center, meaning users can also submit scores and achievements to the Apple system. For example, they could play a game on their Kindle Fire tablet and switch to their iPhone to continue. Both services are based on Amazon Web Services cloud infrastructure.īy bringing the services to iOS, Amazon is enabling players to save their progress across Android and iOS devices they own. Whispersync allows users to sync their game progress and associated data to the cloud, meaning they can resume games from the point they finished on a range of devices. The platform was first launched in July 2012 for Amazon’s Android-powered Kindle Fire tablet. GameCircle offers a number of services, such as achievements and leaderboards, that developers can integrate with their apps via APIs.
