Amazon Renamed Twitch Prime to Prime Gaming, but Whatever, Call It What You Want

As Amazon looks to expand its influence in gaming beyond the purple molding of its extremely democratic live - teem service , Twitch , the troupe is formally rebranding the Twitch Prime subscription service toPrime Gaming .

Despite the name alteration name , Prime Gaming is mostly stay put the same . You ’ll persist in to get perks like innocent in - plot kale and cosmetics for titles including GTA : Online , League of Legends , Apex Legends , and more , in addition to a rotating lineup of free game downloads via Games with Prime , with August ’s free game lineup including hits like Metal Slug 2 , SNK 40th Anniversary Collection , Shaq Fu ( ! ) , and others .

Twitch regulars should have it away that Prime Gaming will also still let in one free Twitch channel subscription per month , so those constant reminders from pennon pray people to use up their spare Twitch sub probably are n’t going out anytime presently .

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Amazon did n’t determine why the name change , but ostensibly the move is to broaden the appeal of Amazon Prime ’s play perks , expanding it from something that sounded like it was focalize mainly on Twitch and streaming polish to something that gamers of all sort can get some employment out of .

Amazon has not announced any official details about Prime Gaming ’s future tense , but after seeing the expansion of the Epic Game Store , I look for that Amazon will release its own dedicated game store / launcher within the next couple of yr as a way to sell both third - party championship and first - party plot likeCrucible , while also giving Amazon a platform to hostits long - rumored cloud bet on servicein parliamentary law to well compete with the the like of Google ’s Stadia , Nvidia ’s GeForce Now , and Microsoft ’s Xbox Game Pass Ultimate .

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