Amazon now allows you to purchase video games on Luna — however solely Ubisoft ones

Amazon now provides the power to purchase video games on its Luna cloud gaming service, however the brand new function comes with a giant catch: a minimum of for now, you’ll solely have the ability to purchase choose Ubisoft titles.

For me, Amazon was promoting video games you should purchase proper on the primary Luna homepage, together with the just-released Murderer’s Creed Mirage. Nevertheless, if you find yourself shopping for an Ubisoft recreation on Luna, you’ll want an Amazon Prime or a Luna Plus subscription to have the ability to stream that bought recreation, based on an Amazon weblog publish concerning the function.

The power to purchase video games is all effectively and good by itself; beforehand, you possibly can solely play video games on Luna by subscribing to particular channels of content material, accessing a rotating set of video games obtainable to Amazon Prime subscribers, or enjoying Ubisoft video games you already owned for PC on the cloud gaming service. In accordance with Amazon, you’ll have the ability to play the Ubisoft video games you purchase by way of Luna offline in your PC, too.

However Amazon’s announcement concerning the new function hints on the chance which you can play these bought Ubisoft video games on different cloud providers as effectively. Right here’s the road in query from Amazon’s weblog publish and with my emphasis:

When prospects buy by way of Luna, they personal the sport license, and they’ll have the ability to play on Luna or obtain for offline play through the Ubisoft Join PC launcher.

Because you personal the sport license, that language makes it look like you’ll be able to, say, purchase an Ubisoft recreation on Luna, stream it for a bit on Luna, after which choose up your progress by way of one other cloud gaming service like Nvidia’s GeForce Now. Excellent news: after we first revealed this text, Ubisoft’s Jessica Roache confirmed to The Verge that it is possible for you to to play video games you purchase on Luna on providers like GeForce Now (although not each recreation helps cross-progression).

Amazon spokesperson Sasha Mealor declined to remark, and in addition declined to remark when requested if it plans to let prospects purchase and stream non-Ubisoft video games in some unspecified time in the future sooner or later. Google provided the power to purchase video games on Stadia, its now-shuttered cloud service.

Replace October sixth, 8:54PM ET: Added Ubisoft remark.