The launch of Amazon Luna is now official. Amazon revealed its own cloud gaming service in late 2020; now it’s finally available to Amazon Prime users. This has been confirmed by the company through its official blog. On the other hand, only users residing in the United States will have access to the service, as confirmed in their statement.
The company has confirmed the launch of the service for Android, iOS, ChromeOS, macOS and Windows. Amazon Luna arrives with various subscription levels and an addition that has been called “channels”; from which we can access different game packages of all kinds.
The Amazon Luna basic package, Moon+, is now available for $10 per month, and has a library of more than 100 games. However, if you sign up during March, you can take advantage of a 40% reduction in price, going down to 6 dollars per month. You can keep this amount if you continue paying the subscription.
The new Amazon Luna channels
Amazon Luna complements its launch with three new channels for the service. Prime Gaming Channel It is the first of them, and it is the one that offers a wide selection of free monthly rotation titles for Amazon Prime users. Devil May Cry 5, System Redux and Immortals Fenyx Rising are some of the titles available on this channel; although there are also many more.
RetroChannel It is the other proposal of the company, and the one indicated to play classic titles from Luna. Its catalog is made up of collections of games from publishers such as Capcom and SNK; among which we find metal slug 3, Street Fight II, hype fighting and more. This channel comes at an extra cost of $5 per month.
Jacbox Games Channel is the last to be included. In it we will find the eight Jackbox Games Party Packs; which include Trivia Murder Party, Quiplash, drawfil, and many more. Like RetroChannelthis comes at a price of 5 dollars per month.
Ubisoft+ and games for all ages
There is also an exclusive channel for Ubisoft titles. It is about Ubisoft+Channelwhich is available for an extra $18 per month; a heavy blow to the pocket. And you have to also add the Amazon Prime subscription and all the other channels you want to add.
On the other hand, Family Channel will be in charge of providing specialized content for all audiences; so you will not have to worry about finding games not suitable for children. this channel it has a cost of 6 dollars; although like the Luna+ subscription, if you subscribe during March you can choose and maintain a cost of 3 dollars. Of course, as long as you pay the subscription continuously.
At the moment, it is not known when the service will land in other latitudes, but it is known that will at some point. Amazon Luna is the company’s bet to compete with services like Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass; a service that those from Redmond have bet heavily on since the end of their previous generation, and that seems to be bearing fruit according to the words of Phil Spencer, head of Xbox.
More additions to Amazon’s cloud gaming service
The company confirmed in its statement that Twitch players you can easily stream your games in Moon. Whether from PC, Mac or Fire TV; With the touch of a button you can stream your every move in a video game online.
Now you can stream Luna’s gameplay to Twitch in just a few clicks on the devices you already own, with no complicated setup required. With the latest update to Luna on PC, Mac, or Fire TV, a new broadcast button allows you to stream gameplay live with a camera overlaid on the screen, providing a new and easy way to broadcast to your friends or the gaming community. Twitch.
Amazon Moon Blog
In a similar proposal, Amazon will allow you to use your iPhone or Android mobile as a controller from Amazon Moon; although for this you will need a Fire TV. In this way, you only have to download the Luna Controller app on iPhone or Android and start having fun from the screen of your mobile.