Amazon Games Studio And Prime Gaming
Amazon has been trying to make its name in the gaming industry since 2012 with the launch of Amazon Games, A division of ‘Amazon.com’ which is dedicated to gamers. And now, Amazon has become a major player in the gaming industry, with a growing collection of free games, gaming services, and introducing AAA games developed by their own team.
In this article, we will explore everything that you need to know about Amazon Games, including Amazon Prime Gaming, Amazon Games Launcher, Amazon Games Studios and Amazon Luna.
Amazon Games Prime
First, We’ll talk about the service which existed in the gaming community for a long time and has been interestingly evolving with the technologies. Formerly known as Twitch Prime, the service was rebranded as The Amazon Prime Gaming in 2020.
With Amazon’s successful movies and seasons like ‘The Boys’, More people are choosing Amazon Prime Video over other services and most of the people doesn’t know about this hidden gem that is included for free to the Prime Account members.
Prime Gaming benefits can be availed by gamers of every platform including PC, Console and Mobile. Wether you’re an online streamer or a casual gamer, Prime Gaming can boost your gaming experience.
Benefits Of Prime Gaming Amazon
Amazon Prime gives you tons of good stuff in one single subscription. And if we talk about the Prime Gaming, It has two main features of interest and if you like to watch Twitch.tv, then there’s something good for you too.
Monthly Free Games
- Amazon Prime Games gives us a collection of free games that gets bigger with new games added every month. You cannot buy these games individually, And the free content rotates every month so make sure to claim new game every month because you might not get another chance for the same game again.
Exclusive In-Game Content
- Second awesome benefit is the exclusive in-game content for some popular games such as Apex Legends and FIFA. These items and skins are only available to Prime Members. So, if you play games like Apex Legends or LOL then you’d love the skins that Prime Gaming giveaways to members.
Twitch Prime Benefits
- Access to premium Twitch benefits, which includes ad-free viewing, free monthly channel subscriptions, and other benefits.
Some more benefits include: Discounts on new and pre-order games.
For Prime Video Viewers
If you’re less interested in playing games or you just like to spectate and chat on live streams, And you have a Prime Video account then I suggest you to link your Twitch account with Amazon Prime to avail Twitch Prime benefits. You can create your Twitch account here if you don’t have one.
Amazon Games Studio
Amazon Games Studio is a division of Amazon and is not related to the terms: Prime Games and Amazon Luna, It’s focused on introducing games developed by Amazon Team and get recognition in the market among the Top Game Developing Companies. With a talented team of designers, programmers, and artists, The Studio is poised to make a big impact in the gaming industry in the coming years.
The games that Amazon has made so far didn’t received the popularity as expected but they’re improving over time. These games are not included in any membership, You have to purchase them individually like any other AAA game. Mentioned below are some of the popular titles developed by Amazon.
New World
Minimum System Requirements
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system.
- OS: Windows® 10/11 64-bit
- Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-10500 @ 3.10GHz / AMD Ryzen™ 3 3300X.
- Memory: 8 GB RAM @ 3200 MHz.
- Graphics: NVIDIA® GTX 1060 3 GB / AMD Radeon™ RX 590.
- DirectX: 11 and 12.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection.
Crucible
Crucible minimum requirements
- Memory: 8 GB.
- Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660.
- CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K.
- File Size: 15 GB.
- OS: Windows 7 64-bit, DX-11.
Amazon Games Launcher
The Amazon Games Launcher is a desktop application developed by Amazon that allows users to download, install, and play games developed and published by Amazon Games. The launcher is available for Windows and Mac OS X operating systems and is free to download and use.
The Amazon Games Launcher serves as a hub for all of Amazon’s games, providing users with a central location to download and manage their games. It also includes features such as automatic updates, cloud storage for game saves, and social features that allow players to connect with friends and other players.
For Amazon Prime Members, It gives access to all the Prime Gaming features. You can collect new games every month from Games With Prime feature. And you can collect Exclusive in-game items and skins for popular games of every platform.
Keyfeatures of Amazon Games Launcher
- Amazon Games Launcher is currently available only on PC for Windows and Mac OS.
- Amazon Games Launcher is required to play games developed and published by Amazon Games Studios and all of your game data is saved automatically in cloud synced with your Amazon Account.
- Prime Gaming exclusive free games can be managed and in-game items of games from other platforms can be claimed easily with Amazon Games Launcher after linking your accounts.
- It takes very less resources of your PC and internet even when it’s autoupdating the content which makes it much lighter than Epic Games Launcher.
Amazon Luna
Amazon Luna is a cloud gaming platform powered by Amazon’s ubiquitous cloud computing platform Amazon Web Services (AWS). It allows consumers to play games instantly to a number of devices without the need for downloads, updates, or even local storage,
but requires a high-speed internet connection.
Luna works as a subscription service but doesn’t have price tiers like some subscription services. Instead, users pay for individual channels that each come with their own content. Visit this page for details on Luna and read our guide on how to setup Amazon Luna on Windows PC.