Amazon announces a major restructuring of its cloud gaming service, Luna, through a press release on its official website. Since April 10, 2026, the platform has simply removed the possibility of purchasing games à la carte, as well as all purchases linked to subscriptions from third-party distributors. This drastic measure also puts an end to the functionality allowing you to import your own library of titles acquired from other digital stores. Players have a period of time until June 10, 2026 to take advantage of their previous purchases, before their definitive withdrawal from the American giant’s servers.
This strategic turnaround disrupts the technical architecture of the service. Concretely, the integration partnerships with the EA, Ubisoft and GOG game stores disappear from the interface, leading to the immediate cessation of specific subscriptions to Ubisoft+ and Jackbox Games. Users will have to switch to native PC launchers, such as EA App or Ubisoft Connect, to maintain access to games previously purchased via Luna. Amazon specifies that no refunds will be given for these acquisitions. To justify this decision, a spokesperson for the company declared that it wanted to abandon these sales models “ towards approaches that will work better for clients in the long term ”, by refocusing the offer around the Prime subscription.
This sudden reorganization causes great confusion among users. This change of direction is all the more difficult to interpret as it comes just a few days after the enthusiastic publication of the April 2026 catalog (Luna April Content Update). However, this update promised an influx of content, with the addition of major titles like EA Sports 26 FC, Letter Trek and waves of free PC games. This abrupt restriction of features revives fears of a definitive closure of the platform, a trajectory which inevitably recalls the gradual abandonment of Google Stadia at the end of 2022.
To mitigate the loss of these personal libraries, Amazon will offer injured players temporary free access to “ Luna Premium Â,” the new plan billed at $9.99 per month. From now on, the infrastructure will be strictly limited to two closed catalog subscription offers: Luna Standard (included with Prime) and Luna Premium. Customers will have 90 days after the June 10 deadline to export their local save files, although the firm does not guarantee any compatibility with other gaming systems. This exclusive refocus on monthly subscription seems like a final attempt to stabilize a faltering economic model.
Andy R. est rédacteur tech IGN France
