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“#Amazon debuts Luna, its Twitch-enabled cloud gaming service<\/strong>”
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\n Amazon today announced its entrant into the world of cloud gaming with Luna, a streamingservice that lets you play new AAA game<\/a>s on your devices with no download<\/a>s. It remains to be seen if the company can compete with the substantial competition it faces in this sphere.<\/p>\n
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Introducing Luna, Amazon\u2019s all new cloud gaming service. Luna makes it easy for you to play amazing games on the screens you already own. pic.twitter.com\/yMcHh8dImf<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Amazon News<\/a> (@amazonnews) September 24, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Luna will be available on Fire TV, PC, Mac, and iOS devices (the latter through \u201cweb apps\u201d), with Android coming soon. While some of the details are unclear, it seems you\u2019ll subscribe to different \u201cchannels\u201d on Luna to have access to particular games. For example, there\u2019s a channel called Luna+ that offers multiple games from different genres, including\u00a0Resident Evil 7<\/em>,\u00a0Yooka-Laylee<\/em>, and\u00a0Control<\/em>. Luna+ would cost $5.99 a month at first, with more games to be added (and presumably a price hike).<\/p>\n

Another channel, made in partnership with Ubisoft, would grant you launch-day access to the likes of\u00a0Assassin\u2019s Creed Valhalla<\/em>,\u00a0Far Cry 6<\/em>, and Immortals Fenyx Rising<\/em>. According to Amazon, this would be \u201cthe first of multiple Luna game channels in development, where customers can play games from their favorite publishers and genres.\u201d The store page for Luna boasts \u201cunlimited hours of play,\u201d but it\u2019s only available on a single device, whereas Luna+ can be played on 2 devices.<\/p>\n

Naturally, it\u2019ll have Twitch integration. The conceit is that, when you\u2019re watching a Twitch channel and you like the game the streamer is playing, you\u2019ll be able to jump into it on Luna immedia<\/a>tely. You\u2019ll also be able to watch streams playing your game of choice from within Luna. Note, however, that it\u2019s currently only available in the continental US.<\/p>\n

Naturally, Amazon\u2019s also launching a Luna controller. It\u2019s got a virtually identical form to the Amazon Fire controller, with a flashy Twitch purple paint job. It\u2019s Alexa-enabled and has \u201ca multiple-antenna design that prioritizes un-interrupted wifi for lower latency gaming.\u201d But you can also play with a keyboard and mouse, an Xbox One controller, or a DualShock 4. The Luna controller will cost $49.99 during the early access period.<\/p>\n

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As part of the streaming service, Amazon is also launching a new gaming controller to use with Luna pic.twitter.com\/FMHvVWgqm6<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 DEXERTO.COM (@Dexerto) September 24, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019ll sound strange, but the part I\u2019m most impressed by is the fact that they\u2019ve managed to find a way to put a cloud gaming service on Apple devices. Given Apple\u2019s been somewhat hostile towards cloud gaming, like Stadia and xCloud, it\u2019d be quite the coup if Luna could make it work. But I\u2019ll believe that when I see it.<\/p>\n

Rumors that Amazon was working on a cloud gaming service have been going around for well over a year \u2014 I started hearing them roughly around the same time I first heard rumors about Google, Microsoft, and Nvidia doing the same thing, funnily enough. The last we heard was earlier this year, when the New York Times revealed the cloud gaming service was called Project Tempo. At the time, I thought it made total sense for Amazon to make a play for cloud gaming territory, given it already owns Twitch, the center of most gamers\u2019 entertainment.<\/p>\n

That said, part of me is a little worried. Amazon\u2019s been a little spotty on the gaming scene this year:\u00a0Crucible<\/em>, intended to capture the Twitch esports demographic, fizzled out thanks to lack of visibility, the last problem you\u2019d expect a game with this publisher to have. And while Amazon owns Twitch, that\u2019s not the same thing as\u00a0understanding\u00a0<\/em>Twitch. There\u2019s a disconnect at best, and strife at worst, between Twitch and its users when the former attempt to leverage the latter for profit. If you don\u2019t believe me, just look at the recent outcry<\/a> over midroll ads on streams.<\/p>\n

Still, as always, I\u2019m eager to see what the big company does. US-based users can request early access to Luna\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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