Amazon Debut First Kindle Games

By Ishaan . August 7, 2010 . 1:34pm

Amazon Debut First Kindle Games

First Apple, then Google, now Amazon. Everyone’s looking toward the games business as part of their expansion plans. In the case of Amazon, this past week marked the debut of games on the Kindle, both of them word-based and both free.

 

Publishers Weekly caught wind of the two titles early, despite the fact that Amazon neglected to make a release announcement. The first title, Every Word, is similar to Boggle, where you’re required to make as many words as possible from a set of letters before the timer runs out.

 

The second is a singleplayer version of Scrabble, named Shuffled Row. Both titles only work on the Kindle second-gen and DX devices, and not Kindle apps. It would appear both games were developed inhouse by Amazon themselves. Oddly, the two games are only available in the U.S. as well.


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  • malek86

    I say they should get some interactive fictions out there. Sounds only natural.

    Of course, not like Zork. They don't have a keyboard, and besides, nowadays you'd probably need something more streamlined. I doubt the average book reader is interested in dying a lot of times. Basically, they'd need to do for interactive fictions what Monkey Island did for graphic adventures – render them more accessible.

    Even then, it would probably not be successful. Oh well.

  • neogranzon

    what next, ebay ?

  • doubletaco

    ETA until Kindle Eroge?

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