Everything you need to know about Amazon Fire TV

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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)

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