Amazon launches Fire TV set-top box and games console
Buy it today for $100 alone, or $140 with game controller.
Amazon launched Fire TV, its Android-powered set-top box for streaming media content and games, during its video press conference in New York today.
The box includes a quad-core CPU, two gigabytes of RAM, dedicated GPU, and supports 1080p video and DOly Digital Plus surround sound.
Currently available apps for the box include:
- Amazon Instant Video
- Amazon Prime Instant Video
- Aol On
- Bloomberg TV
- Crackle
- DailyBurn
- Flixster
- Frequency
- Huffpost Live
- Hulu Plus
- iHeart Radio
- NBA Game Time
- Netflix
- NowThis News
- Pandora
- Plex
- Qello Concerts
- RedBull TV
- Showtime Anytime
- Tastytrade
- TuneIn
- Vevo
- Vimeo
- WatchESPN
- YouTube
Games start at just 99 cents, with the average price of paid games being $1.85. Fire TV has support from a number of developers, including Mojang, EA, Disney, Ubisoft, Gameloft, and others. Games now available on the system include:
- Anomaly 2 (11 bit studios)
- Asphalt 8: Airborne (Gameloft)
- Badland (Frogmind)
- Buddy & Me (Sunbreak Games)
- The Cave (Double Fine Productions)
- Deus Ex; The Fall (Square Enix)
- The Game of Life (EA)
- Minecraft: Pocket Edition (Mojang)
- NBA 2K14 (2K Sports)
- Prince of Persia: The Shadow and the Flame (Ubisoft)
- Rayman Fiesta Run (Ubisoft)
- Riptide GP 2 (Vector Unit)
- Sev Zero (Amazon Game Studios) – Fire TV’s first exclusive game. It’s $6.99 by itself, or free when you buy the Fire TV game controller. It’s a hybrid third-person shooter and tower defense game.
- Sonic CD (Sega)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Sega)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 4 (Sega)
- Terraria (Chucklefish)
- The Walking Dead (Telltale Games)
Find (or buy) the full list of available games here. This trailer will give you a look at some of the still to be titled projects Amazon Game Studios is working on.
The box is available now for $99 on Amazon.com. The game controller costs an additional $39, and can be ordered here.