After detailing its plans to revamp its game streaming service at the beginning of October, Amazon is finally ready to relaunch Luna. The new Amazon Luna is available at no additional cost for Prime subscribers, and now includes new beginner-friendly multiplayer games.
If you've tried Luna in the past — or most other game streaming services for that matter — the biggest change Amazon is making is the addition of GameNight. It's a collection of multiplayer games reworked so they can be controlled with a smartphone, to make it as easy as possible for friends and family to play. GameNight includes titles likeThe Jackbox Party Pack 9, and reimagined versions of Tetris Effect: Connected and Angry Birds, among other options. GameNight also adds at least one original game, Courtroom Chaos: Starring Snoop Dogg , which places players in faux-courtroom battles judged by an AI-powered facsimile of Snoop Dogg.
As before, Luna also gives you access to games that need to be played with a controller (either connected over Bluetooth or over Wi-Fi in the case of Amazon's Luna Controller). To pair with the update, Amazon is adding Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II and Hogwarts Legacy to the Luna library. For an additional $10 a month for Luna Premium (formerly known as Luna+) you can also unlock an even larger library.
If you already have a Prime subscription, these changes make Luna an easy sell. You might have to deal with some buffering, but in exchange, you get access to free entertainment for your next party, and a premium Xbox game without a Game Pass subscription.
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