Amazon Luna Relaunched with GameNight Social Play for Prime Members

Amazon has relaunched its Luna cloud gaming service with a redesigned interface and a new social play feature called GameNight, rolling the update out to Prime members in the United States and several European and North American markets beginning this week. The revamp makes roughly 50 games available to Amazon Prime subscribers at no additional cost and introduces a collection of more than two dozen local multiplayer titles that players can join using a smartphone as a controller.

GameNight is designed for quick, party-style play. Players scan a QR code displayed on their TV, then use simple touchscreen inputs on an Android or iOS device to participate without downloading a separate app. The collection includes casual and family-friendly games such as The Jackbox Party Pack 9, Angry Birds Flock Party, Ticket to Ride, Exploding Kittens 2 and Clue, along with an original Amazon Game Studios title, Courtroom Chaos Starring Snoop Dogg, which Amazon describes as an AI-assisted improv courtroom game judged by a simulated Snoop Dogg. Amazon lists 29 GameNight titles at launch. Games that require more traditional inputs remain available and can be played with Bluetooth controllers or...