Amazon Luna rips out game stores, game purchases and third-party subscriptions

How long before Amazon Luna goes the way of Google Stadia? Amazon announced some big changes for their cloud gaming service.

As of April 10th they've begun doubling-down on their own direct features and built-in services, rather than partnering up with anyone else. Removing purchases, extra subscriptions and third-party stores. So this makes their service a lot more restricted in what you can actually play, with Amazon having full control over everything that's available in the rotating catalogue of titles.

The main changes are:

• A-la-carte game purchases are no longer available. Previously purchased titles will remain playable through June 10, 2026, after which they will be removed from Luna.
• Bring Your Own Library will no longer be supported. Games previously played in this manner will no longer be playable on Luna after June 10, 2026.
• Ubisoft+ and Jackbox Games subscriptions sold through Luna are discontinued. New subscriptions are no longer available for purchase, and any active subscriptions purchased from Luna will be cancelled at the end of your next billing cycle.
• Third-party game stores (EA, Ubisoft, and GOG) are being removed from the Luna platform.

Source: Amazon

You don't lose access to your third-party games, as you'll continue to have them on whatever store they were purchased through - you just won't be able to access them via Amazon Luna going forwards. However, titles purchased via Luna in their "A-la-carte" system will not be giving you any refunds for any lost titles.

This is on top of all the changes they made to Luna late last year, when they retired the Prime Gaming brand to bundle everything under the Amazon Luna label. Which included more of a focus on their social party games.

So with all these changes you still get access to Amazon Luna with Amazon Prime with a bunch of select titles, plus you can subscribe directly for the extra Luna Premium to get even more third-party title access.