Amazon’s cloud gaming service could arrive next year and offer Twitch integration

mood · Nov 20, 2019

Amazon’s cloud gaming service could arrive next year and offer Twitch integration
2020 is shaping up to be a big year for cloud gaming
November 20, 2019
https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/20...ng-2020-twitch-google-stadia-microsoft-xcloud

[...] we’re already hearing more about Amazon’s rumored entry into the space. CNET reports that Amazon is planning to announce its own cloud gaming service next year. CNET’s story corroborates a January report from The Information, which first revealed the existence of the service and said that it likely wouldn’t launch until 2020 at the earliest.

The Verge found a job listing that’s up right now for a “Principal Product Leader” for a “New AWS Gaming Initiative.” The listing doesn’t reveal any details about what the service might look like, but it does contain, uh, a pretty bold statement about Amazon’s gaming ambitions [...]
After The Information’s original report in January, The Verge previously found two job listings for engineers that would work on “Cloud Games,” including one listing that explicitly mentioned some kind of new games business.

AWS already powers much of the internet (including huge games like Fortnite), which means Amazon already has a massive amount of infrastructure and streaming know-how at its disposal that it could use to try to make a reliable cloud gaming service.
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2020 is shaping up to be a big year for cloud gaming, and Amazon could be one of the big players.
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mood · Apr 3, 2020

Amazon is developing its own cloud gaming platform dubbed Project Tempo
April 3, 2020
https://www.neowin.net/news/amazon-is-developing-its-own-cloud-gaming-platform-dubbed-project-tempo

Amazon appears to be making huge investments in gaming with a planned cloud-based gaming platform and two original game titles set for release next month. According to a new report from The New York Times, the company is working on a Google Stadia rival code-named Project Tempo.

Amazon also plans to release two big-budget games in May, targeted at hardcore gamers.
Its first original title is called Crucible, [...] Another game that's set for rollout next month is New World, [...]
Regarding Amazon's push into gaming, Mike Frazzini, Amazon’s vice president for game services and studios, said:

"The big picture is about trying to take the best of Amazon and bringing it to games. We have been working for a while, but it takes a long time to make games, and we’re bringing a lot of Amazon practices to making games.”
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The upcoming games are part of Amazon's investments in video gaming worth hundreds of millions of dollars. After releasing the two titles in May, the online retail giant also plans to launch interactive games on Twitch in the summer.
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Amazon Pushes Into Making Video Games, Not Just Streaming Their Play

If Crucible and New World succeed, Amazon will not only build a consumer games business but also show the potential of its technology tools.
Mr. Frazzini, Amazon’s game chief, transferred from the company’s book division to its retail game segment in 2009. He quickly spotted an opportunity for Amazon to start marketing cloud computing services to game developers and begin the journey toward making top-end games of its own.

“It was very clear to everyone that people, customers, love video games,” he said. “It was so obviously important to customers that we need to be doing something.”

Game executives and analysts have suspected that Amazon was working on its own cloud gaming service; people close to Project Tempo said that the company had hoped to introduce an early version this year but that it could slip into 2021 amid coronavirus disruptions.
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mood · Sep 24, 2020

Amazon Luna cloud gaming service launches with support for iOS
September 24, 2020
https://venturebeat.com/2020/09/24/amazon-luna-cloud-gaming-service-launches-with-support-for-ios/

Amazon is finally showing off what it’s working on in the cloud gaming space. The company revealed the Amazon Luna streaming platform today, which enables Amazon-device owners to play games on their connected TVs from a remote server.

This includes Amazon’s Fire TV, but it also works with PC and Mac. Amazon even built a web app to ensure that Luna can work on iOS outside of the confines of the Apple App Store. This separates it from Google Stadia and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which are trying to launch apps on iPhone and iPad. Android support is coming later.
Publishers and developers are already working with Amazon on this service.

“We created Luna to make it easy to play great games on the devices customers already own and love,” Amazon entertainment device and services boss Marc Whitten said. “It’s day one for Luna. We are excited to work with gamers, streamers, and publishers like Ubisoft and Remedy Entertainment to build a great gaming experience for everyone.”
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Gaming fans in the United States can begin requesting early access to Luna starting today. A full launch will come after this testing period.
Of course, Amazon is powering all of this with its Amazon Web Services platform.
Gaming channels, 4K, and playing through Twitch
Amazon said that Luna can support for gaming at a 4K resolution and 60 frames per second in “select titles.” It brought this up in relation to its Ubisoft gaming channel.
You can subscribe to the Ubisoft gaming channel and get access to many of its games in 4K60.

On Twitch, which Amazon owns, gaming fans can launch straight into Luna while watching a game.
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Finally, Amazon is also launching the Amazon Luna Controller for an introductory price of $50.
You can, of course, also use a keyboard and mouse or Bluetooth controller.
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mood · Sep 24, 2020

A closer look at Luna, Amazon's cloud gaming service
Spoiler: It’s not a native iOS app
September 24, 2020
https://www.engadget.com/luna-amazon-cloud-gaming-interview-pwa-apple-173948922.html

Luna is what happens when you take the subscription model of Prime Video, mash it up with Twitch, plug that into Amazon Web Services, and wrap it all in an Alexa-powered gamepad. In short, Luna is Amazon’s cloud gaming platform, and the latest rival to Microsoft’s xCloud and Google’s Stadia. It goes live in early access in October, subscriptions start at $5.99 a month, and players in the US can sign up today to receive an invite via Amazon.

Amazon revealed Luna and its low-latency gamepad today during the company’s annual hardware event. We spoke with platform executives -- and briefly went hands-on with Luna itself -- ahead of this morning’s announcement and gathered a handful of details about the platform, some of which have been underplayed or overlooked in Amazon’s own information dump. [...]
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Stadia has consistently disappointed players since its launch in November 2019.
Microsoft is building xCloud slowly, with prolonged preview and beta periods, and a distinct focus on content.

And then there’s Luna. Twitch integration and the Luna controller are solid selling points, but if Amazon can’t keep the library fresh and affordable, then players won’t have a reason to subscribe. For Luna, partnerships with game developers and publishers -- not just Apple -- will be key.
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Engadget: Amazon's Luna cloud gaming service arrives next month

It features Twitch integration from day one.
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