{"id":96650,"date":"2025-10-23T14:28:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T14:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/96650\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T14:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T14:28:09","slug":"amazon-launches-revamped-luna-game-streaming-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/96650\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon launches revamped Luna game streaming service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amazon on Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aboutamazon.com\/news\/entertainment\/amazon-luna-redesign-gamenight-prime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">unveiled its revamped game streaming service<\/a>, Amazon Luna, which now includes new beginner-friendly multiplayer games that can be controlled with your phone. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aboutamazon.com\/news\/tag\/luna\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon Luna<\/a> is available at no extra cost for Prime members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The biggest change to the service is the addition of GameNight, a collection of more than 25 local multiplayer games that Amazon says are \u201cdesigned to bring friends and family together in the living room.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GameNight will feature exclusive titles developed by Amazon Game Studios, starting with \u201cCourtroom Chaos: Starring Snoop Dogg,\u201d an AI voice-driven improv courtroom game where players invent absurd characters, spin wild stories, and try to defend their testimonies\u00a0in front of Judge Snoop Dogg. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other titles in GameNight include \u201cAngry Birds Flock Party,\u201d \u201cDraw &amp; Guess,\u201d The Jackbox Party Pack 9,\u201d \u201cTicket to Ride,\u201d \u201cExploding Kittens 2,\u201d \u201cClue,\u201d \u201cTetris Effect: Connected,\u201d and more. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By adding a library of multiplayer games that users can play with their phones, Amazon likely hopes that Prime members will turn to Luna for their next hangout or game night. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGameNight takes even further the idea of easy access that\u2019s core to the new Luna, delivering a collection of incredibly fun and approachable games that absolutely shine when played together with friends and family,\u201d says Jeff Gattis, general manager of Amazon Luna, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aboutamazon.com\/news\/entertainment\/amazon-luna-redesign-gamenight-prime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">press release<\/a>. \u201cAnyone with a smartphone can dive right in and have a blast, regardless of their gaming abilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Luna also includes access to new titles like \u201cHogwarts Legacy,\u201d \u201cIndiana Jones and the Great Circle,\u201d \u201cKingdom Come: Deliverance II,\u201d \u201cTopSpin 2K25,\u201d and more blockbusters,\u00a0popular classics, and indie games. As before the revamp, these games (and all games outside of the GameNight library) require a controller or mouse and keyboard to play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Players who want access to a larger library of games can subscribe to Luna Premium, previously called Luna+, for $9.99 a month. Premium includes access to titles like \u201cEA SPORTS FC 25,\u201d \u201cStar Wars Jedi: Survivor,\u201d and \u201cBatman: Arkham Knight.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amazon on Thursday unveiled its revamped game streaming service, Amazon Luna, which now includes new beginner-friendly multiplayer games&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[414,45965,23456,6489,3447,111,139,69,145],"class_list":{"0":"post-96650","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-amazon","9":"tag-amazon-luna","10":"tag-amazon-prime","11":"tag-games","12":"tag-gaming","13":"tag-new-zealand","14":"tag-newzealand","15":"tag-nz","16":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}