Amazon to Release Luna Game Streaming Service

Amazon is expected to launch a cloud gaming platform called Luna, the service has been rumored since last year, previously code-named Tempo.

According to Amazon, the service will be available for an “introductory price” of $5.99 a month during its early access phase, which gives subscribers the ability to play Luna Plus channel games across two devices simultaneously and offers 4K / 60fps resolution for “select titles.” Naturally, it will be powered by AWS, Amazon’s ubiquitous web platform.

The firm announced it will be launching with more than 50 games in the Luna+ app, including at least one Sonic title and Remedy Entertainment’s Control.

Also, the company partnered with Ubisoft but it seems users will have to subscribe separately to get access to those titles. The whole service is powered by AWS.

In addition, the users will be able to play titles at up to 4K 60fps performance.

One of the big selling points for the platform will be its Twitch integration, which will theoretically allow gamers to pe right into the titles they just saw their favorite streamers playing, Tech News reported.

A news release for Luna, this will depend heavily on coaxing streamers to play the limited subsection of titles that are present on Luna, however. Google made much the same pitch with Stadia and YouTube Gaming, but that dream hasn’t been fully realized yet.

Later, Amazon added nine planes to its Amazon Air fleet, the most it has added over a three-month span since its inception, according to the report by DePaul University’s Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development.

Amazon Air expanded rapidly during summer 2020, a period otherwise marked by sharp year-over-year declines in air-cargo traffic, the report states.

On other hand, CNBC News explained that Amazon’s $1.5 billion air hub in northern Kentucky could help give it an edge. The hub scheduled to open in 2021, is designed to have capacity for 100 Amazon-branded planes and handle an estimated 200 flights per day.

This hub appears to be the lynchpin to its efforts to develop a comprehensive array of domestic delivery services across the United States.