{"id":36416,"date":"2025-10-25T06:31:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T06:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/technologies\/amazon-luna-gets-a-major-refresh-with-phone-based-party-games\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T06:31:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T06:31:23","slug":"amazon-luna-gets-a-major-refresh-with-phone-based-party-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/technologies\/amazon-luna-gets-a-major-refresh-with-phone-based-party-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Luna gets a major refresh with phone-based party games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dataconomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1114838.jpg\" alt=\"Amazon Luna gets a major refresh with phone-based party games\" title=\"Amazon Luna gets a major refresh with phone-based party games\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Amazon unveiled its revamped Amazon Luna game-streaming service on Thursday, which is now available to Prime members at no extra cost. The update introduces beginner-friendly multiplayer games that can be controlled using a smartphone, designed to support social gaming sessions.<\/p>\n<p>The most significant change is the addition of GameNight, a collection of more than 25 local multiplayer games. Amazon states this new feature is \u201cdesigned to bring friends and family together in the living room.\u201d This library emphasizes phone-controlled gameplay, enabling users to participate without needing dedicated gaming hardware. By offering these accessible multiplayer titles, Amazon positions Luna as an option for social gatherings and game nights among its Prime members.<\/p>\n<p>GameNight will feature exclusive titles developed by Amazon Game Studios, beginning with \u201cCourtroom Chaos: Starring Snoop Dogg.\u201d This title is an AI-voice-driven improv courtroom game where players invent absurd characters, create wild stories, and defend their testimonies in front of Judge Snoop Dogg. Other games available in the GameNight library include \u201cAngry Birds Flock Party,\u201d \u201cDraw &amp; Guess,\u201d \u201cThe Jackbox Party Pack 9,\u201d \u201cTicket to Ride,\u201d \u201cExploding Kittens 2,\u201d \u201cClue,\u201d and \u201cTetris Effect: Connected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Gattis, general manager of Amazon Luna, stated in a press release, \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 He added, \u201cAnyone with a smartphone can dive right in and have a blast, regardless of their gaming abilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Separate from the GameNight collection, the revamped Luna also includes access to other new titles, blockbusters, and indie games. These additions include \u201cHogwarts Legacy,\u201d \u201cIndiana Jones and the Great Circle,\u201d \u201cKingdom Come: Deliverance II,\u201d and \u201cTopSpin 2K25.\u201d As was the case before the service update, these games, and all others outside the GameNight library, require a controller or a mouse and keyboard to play.<\/p>\n<p>For players who want access to a larger library, Amazon offers a Luna Premium subscription for $9.99 a month. This tier, which was previously named Luna+, provides access to an expanded catalog of titles. The games included with the premium subscription feature \u201cEA SPORTS FC 25,\u201d \u201cStar Wars Jedi: Survivor,\u201d and \u201cBatman: Arkham Knight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ajawdjs6KKA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Featured image credit<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon unveiled its revamped Amazon Luna game-streaming service on Thursday, which is now available to Prime members at no extra cost. The update introduces beginner-friendly multiplayer games that can be controlled using a smartphone, designed to support social gaming sessions. 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