Amazon is opening up its publishing platform starting this afternoon with the newly-announced Kindle Development Kit. According to the official word, potential publishers will be able to build "active content" and put it on the Kindle -- and yes, this includes games.
One of the examples of publishers in the press release is Sonic Boom, who are "building word games and puzzles" using the KDK. EA Mobile is also signed up to do some work with it.
We're not sure if we'll be playing something as hip as R-Type on electronic paper in the near future, or if a digital books device that doesn't have backlighting turns out to be the brightest device to put a game on, but we'll keep our eyes on KDK and its developers. Until then, keep reading. Because that's what the Kindle is meant to be about.
Kindle dev kit announced, 'active content' coming to Kindle Store later this year [Engadget]
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2:00 PM on 01.21.2010
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That Kindle D pad is a thumb murderer. I'm sure crossword puzzles and Suduku will work just fine, but anything more intesive than that won't work out too well.
R4DS: It only does everything.
as of right now, the Kindle is an e-reader, can play mp3s, and has a VERY rudimentary web browser.
No games as of yet, unless I missed something.
And since I have a Nook, someone may already be working on it. :P
I still don't want one though, I like my books on my shelves.