GOG has announced that it is teaming up with Luna, Amazon’s cloud gaming service, to give customers even more ways of enjoying their titles. More updates about this collaboration have been reserved for a later date, but GOG says that users will be able to stream all of their titles, all of which will retain their DRM-free benefits.
Features:
- Stream every game that is already owned on GOG
- Buy games that are available on GOG via Luna’s client, which go straight into the GOG library
- All DRM-free benefits of owning games on GOG will still be there
- Cloud saves and achievements will still work when playing on Luna
Amazon Luna tiers currently include:
- Base tier (included with Prime)
- Luna+ ($9.99/month)
- Ubisoft+ ($17.99/month)
- Jackbox Games ($4.99/month)
GOG on the practicality of Luna:
Devices that you already own (PCs, smart phones, tablets, Fire TV devices and smart TVs) can become your gaming devices, and Luna also supports peripherals that you already own, such as Xbox One and PlayStation 4 controllers, and mouse + keyboard. Luna also offers its own Luna Controller, which makes it even easier to seamlessly transition your game from one screen to the next.
Discussion (2 replies)
Join Discussion →How... wait is piracy even possible for cloud gaming? I have no idea why other than performance overhead people would even care if a cloud served game had DRM.
Well they aren't referring to the streaming part. The no-DRM part comes in with the GOG library. Your existing GOG games will be accessible via the Luna service, and any GOG games you buy via the Luna client go straight into your GOG library. So either way you got DRM-free copies of the games you can use normally, and then there's also having access to streaming them via the Luna client.