Amazon launches early access to Luna gaming service for iOS and Mac users

Amazon Luna Compatibility
Amazon Luna Compatibility (Image credit: Amazon)

What you need to know

  • Amazon Luna has launched its early access program.
  • The program will give access to Luna's 50+ game library.
  • It will be available for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS users.

Amazon is beginning to send early access invitations to Amazon Luna, its own cloud gaming service that will let gamers play games across their Mac, iPhone, iPad, and other devices as well. According to a press release on Amazon's blog, hundreds of thousands of gamers have signed up to get early acess, but only an undetermined amount of people will be invited to the program.

Amazon Luna Game Catalog

Amazon Luna Game Catalog (Image credit: Amazon)

The program will give gamers access to the Amazon Luna app, the Luna+ Game Channel with its 50+ games, the Ubisoft Channel, and the Luna Controller.

Early access gamers will have access to:

  • Amazon Luna—Where gamers go to play across Fire TV, PC, Mac, and on web apps for iPhone and iPad, with Android coming soon.
  • The Luna+ Game Channel—For $5.99/month during early access, customers can play 50 games to start, with more added over time.
  • The Ubisoft Channel, coming soon—Includes new and favorite titles, including Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with a growing catalog throughout early access. Stay tuned for more news.
  • The Luna Controller—Early access participants can play using any Bluetooth gaming controller that works with their devices. Participants may also purchase the Luna Controller for $49.99, and take advantage of Cloud Direct technology for lower latency gaming and use Alexa for easy voice control.
  • We are starting with a small set of first customers on the service and we'll continue to invite more players to join us over the coming months. We appreciate your patience.

Amazon Luna Controller

Amazon Luna Controller (Image credit: Amazon)

To request an invitation to be part of the early access program for Amazon Luna, you can still do so on the Amazon Luna website.

Joe Wituschek
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Joe Wituschek is a Contributor at iMore. With over ten years in the technology industry, one of them being at Apple, Joe now covers the company for the website. In addition to covering breaking news, Joe also writes editorials and reviews for a range of products. He fell in love with Apple products when he got an iPod nano for Christmas almost twenty years ago. Despite being considered a "heavy" user, he has always preferred the consumer-focused products like the MacBook Air, iPad mini, and iPhone 13 mini. He will fight to the death to keep a mini iPhone in the lineup. In his free time, Joe enjoys video games, movies, photography, running, and basically everything outdoors.