Amazon Goes Big On Cloud Game Streaming With Luna



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New Delhi, September 25 (IANS): By taking over Google Stadia, Apple Arcade, and Microsoft xCloud, Amazon has introduced Luna, a new cloud gaming service that will run on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

The Luna Controller with Cloud Direct technology is simple and intuitive. The controller is Alexa-enabled and connects directly to the cloud to control your game effortlessly.

“In fact, we eliminated 20 milliseconds of round-trip latency via the Luna Controller with Cloud Direct technology versus a local Bluetooth connection when we played Luna on a Fire TV Stick,” the Amazon Devices & Services team said in a statement. Thursday night.

Players can easily switch between displays, such as Fire TV to mobile phones, without additional pairing or setting changes.

The company also featured the Luna + gaming channel.

During early access, people will have popular games like Control, Resident Evil 7, GRID, Yooka-Laylee and The Impossible Lair, and Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons.

“Customers can request early access starting today. Luna + will be offered at an introductory price of $ 5.99 per month during the early access period and Luna Controller will be available for an introductory price of $ 49.99.

Amazon also announced a new gaming channel with the world’s leading video game publisher Ubisoft, available directly through Luna.

The Ubisoft channel will be available later this fall.

Amazon owns Twitch, one of the most popular live streaming services in the world with nearly 10 billion hours of video viewed in 2019.

Within the Luna experience, people will see Twitch streams for all the games on the service, and from Twitch, they can instantly start playing.

In July, AWS announced the general availability of its Twitch-inspired Interactive Video Service (IVS) that will help customers set up live interactive video streams for a web or mobile application in just minutes.



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