Amazon Luna goes all-in on free Prime games, and with a focus on party games

Amazon is giving gaming a “rethink” and introducing a new “GameNight” feature that heavily pushes local party games on Amazon Luna, all while still delivering on the cloud gaming promise it’s made for the past five years and making that even easier to access via Prime.

The “all-new Amazon Luna” will be launching later this year as a “redesigned and reimagined” experience that includes the existing game catalog, as well as a new focus on social party games.

Amazon explains:

…we will be launching a completely redesigned and reimagined Amazon Luna that combines innovative social party games with amazing blockbusters to make every night in your house the perfect game night to share with your family and friends. These new additions are all included with Prime at no additional cost. The all-new Luna will empower Prime members to play games in the same way they enjoy content on Prime Video or Amazon Music, across the devices that they already own and prefer to use. And there’s no special hardware required — just launch Luna on your Fire TV, smart TV, or tablet, and you’re playing in seconds.

“GameNight” is at the center of this new experience, with a “collection of social party games” front and center. These games are meant to be played without additional hardware, working similar to Jackbox Games. Amazon’s first entry here is “Courtroom Chaos: Starring Snoop Dogg,” an improv game that uses AI to power “Judge Snoop Dogg.”

Other new party games coming to Luna include:

• Angry Birds, Draw & Guess
• Exploding Kittens
• Flappy Golf Party
• Taboo
• Ticket to Ride
• Clue

While party games wlll be of central focus to Luna, Amazon says to still expect plenty of full games, and Prime members will be able to access more games for free. Amazon teases that major games such as Hogwarts Legacy and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will be part of the rotating library of free games for Prime subscribers.

This soft reboot for Amazon Luna lands sometime later this year.

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