After months of rumors and leaks, the Amazon Fire TV was finally revealed earlier this week in New York.
The system is priced at $99 for the base model and $140 for a bundle with a controller, but Amazon has been clear that this is not a console contender. They’re aiming to compete with Apple TV and Roku rather than Sony and Microsoft.
Though Ouya’s CEO criticized the Fire TV for it’s lack of a focus on gaming, that doesn’t mean Amazon is ignoring gamers completely. Besides the system exclusive third-person shooter/tower defense hybrid Sev Zero, Amazon has also made key gaming acquisitions including:
- Killer Instinct developer Double Helix
- Portal designer Kim Swift
- Far Cry developer Clint Hocking
- Halo writer Eric Nylund
Here’s everything else you need to know about the system.
The hardware specs:
- Dimensions: 4.5″ x 4.5″ x 0.7″, weighing 9.9oz
- CPU: Qualcomm Krait 300 1.7Ghz quad-core
- GPU: Qualcomm Adreno 320
- RAM: 2GB LPDDR2 @ 533 MHz
- Storage: 8GB internal storage
- Wi-Fi: Dual-band, dual-antenna MIMO
- Bluetooth: 4.0 with HID, HFP 1.6, and SPP profile support.
- Ports: HDMI 1.4b, TOSLINK Optical Audio, 10/100 Ethernet, USB 2.0, 5.5mm DC
- What’s in the box?
- Amazon Fire TV and Remote
- Power cord
- 2x AAA batteries
What will you need to buy?
- HDMI cable
- Game controller
Here are the game available so far (though the list will grow rapidly over the coming months):
Free
- You Don’t Know Jack Party
- Despicable Me: Minion Rush
- The Walking Dead: Season One (first episode free)
- Hungry Shark Evolution
- Asphalt 8: Airborne
- Deer Hunter 2014
- Hill Climb Racing
- Riptide GP2
- BINGO Blitz
- Reaper
- Stickman downhill – Motocross
- Big Win Slots
- Into the Dead
- PBA Bowling Challenge
- Badland
- Stickman Base Jumper
- Dead Trigger 2
- Zen Pinball HD
- Dead on Arrival 2
- Voodoo Whisperer
- Dead System
- CLARC lite
- Shadow Fight 2
- Haunted Past
- Snailbow
- Fibbage
- Vendetta Online
- Concussion Boxing
- ARC Squadron: Redux
- Brick Break Blitz
- Crystal Picnic
$0.99
- Naught 2
- Grandpa and the Zombies
- Endless Skater
- Ski Safari
- Polar Bowler 1st Frame
- Gravity Guy
- Buddy & Me
- Rabbids Big Bang
- Quell
- Monsters University
- Pocket Rally
- GraveStompers: Kid Zombies Save Eradication
- Motorbike
- Quiet, Please!
- Beyond Ynth HD
- Grow
- Puddle
- Micronytes Director’s Cut
- Recursion
- Dream Flight
- A Ride into the Mountains
- Cannon Ballers
- League of Evil
- Super Daddio 2
- Super Mega Worm
- Quiet Christmas
- Melee Man
- Range Man
$1.00+
- Alpha Wave ($1.00)
- Sci-Fighters ($1.29)
- Experiment ($1.31)
- Ascent Of Kings ($1.49)
- Kung Fu FIGHT! ($1.49)
- Striker Soccer Euro 2012 Pro ($1.87)
- Quell Reflect ($1.99)
- Radiant ($1.99)
- Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst ($1.99)
- Fantastic 4 in A Row 2 ($1.99)
- Vacation Vexation ($1.99)
- FIST OF AWESOME ($1.99)
- Atlantis Sky Patrol ($1.99)
- Aces of the Luftwaffe Premium ($1.99)
- EVAC ($1.99)
- Tank Riders 2 ($1.99)
- Mini Golf Mundo ($1.99)
- Mystery Castle HD (5 Episodes, $1.99 each)
- Fractal Combat X ($1.99)
- Truck Monsters ($1.99)
- Syder Arcade HD ($1.99)
- Grand Truckismo ($1.99)
- Ninja Hero Cats Premium ($2.44)
- Coaster Crazy Deluxe ($2.49)
- Monster RPG 2 ($2.91)
- Sonic CD ($2.99)
- Sonic the Hedgehog ($2.99)
- Sonic The Hedgehog 2 ($2.99)
- Doom & Destiny ($2.99)
- Rayman Fiesta Run ($2.99)
- Quell Memento ($2.99)
- Prince of Persia: The Shadow and the Flame ($2.99)
- Double Dragon Trilogy ($2.99)
- King Oddball ($2.99)
- Canabalt HD ($2.99)
- No Brakes Valet ($2.99)
- Dark Incursion ($2.99)
- Homeland Strike Force Part One ($2.99)
- Hard Lines ($2.99)
- Trouserheart ($2.99)
- Time Surfer ($3.00)
- Save the Puppies Premium ($3.99)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I ($3.99)
- Bit Brawlers ($3.99)
- Hero of Many ($3.99)
- Burn Zombie Burn ($4.96)
- The Game of Life ($4.99)
- Terraria ($4.99)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2: Episode II ($4.99)
- Crazy Taxi ($4.99)
- AirFighters Pro ($4.99)
- Clarc ($4.99)
- Anomaly 2 ($4.99)
- The Cave ($4.99)
- Tetris ($4.99)
- Wraithborne ($4.99)
- Virtua Tennis Challenge ($4.99)
- Twin Robots ($4.99)
- BombSquad ($5.00)
- Aftermath XHD ($5.99)
- Ground Effect Pro XHD ($5.99)
- Farm Invasion USA Premium ($5.99)
- Gene Effect ($6.78)
- Minecraft – Pocket Edition ($6.99)
- Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour ($6.99)
- Sev Zero ($6.99)
- Deus Ex: The Fall ($6.99)
- NBA 2K14 ($7.99)
- Electronic Super Joy ($7.99)
- RPG Alphadia Genesis ($9.99)