Amazon Announces Luna Cloud Gaming Service

Amazon is launching a cloud gaming service called Luna that will stream games to PC, Mac, and Fire TV devices, as well as web apps for iPhone and iPad. Android is listed as coming soon. The service, a direct competitor to Google Stadia, will offer various "game channels" that users can subscribe to, each which offer access to a library of games. Amazon's own, the Luna+ game channel, will launch with games such as Resident Evil 7, Control, A Plague Tale: Innocence, and Yooka-Laylee and The Impossible Lair for an introductory price of $5.99 per month. Luna+ will offer 4K resolution at 60fps for "select titles" and allows subscribers to play on two devices simultaneous. Amazon also announced a Ubisoft game channel that will give subscribers access to Ubisoft games on the day and date they launch regularly, with support for 4K resolution and mobile gameplay. No price was mentioned for the Ubisoft channel. According to Amazon, this is "the first of multiple Luna game channels in development, where customers can play games from their favorite publishers and genres." Luna also will feature integration of the Amazon-owned Twitch streaming platform, with Amazon announcing "players will see Twitch streams for games in the service, and from Twitch, they’ll be able to instantly start playing Luna games." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/11/22/google-stadia-review"] In addition to the service, Amazon announced an Alexa-enabled Luna controller that will connect directly to Fire TV devices in order to reduce latency between the controller and game. The Luna Controller will be available for $49.99 during the early access period. Luna is also playable via mouse and keyboard or other Bluetooth game controllers. People interested in Luna can sign up for early access now, but it's not clear when the early access period will launch. For more on Amazon's competitors in the game streaming service world, check out our updated Google Stadia review to see how we think Google's offering has progressed.

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