Amazon Luna is now officially available for those in the US. If you're an Amazon Prime member, that means you can jump into the service right now to try it out, at no additional cost.

But it's not all that simple, as there are actually a few different ways to use Amazon Luna, and not all of them are free. Still, if you're a Prime member, feel free to head on over to Prime Gaming to check out the first few games you can stream. Otherwise, stick around while I attempt to unravel the latest cloud gaming service, Amazon Luna.

What is Amazon Luna?

Amazon Luna has been in early access for over a year now, first launching in the US in late 2020 for the select users who opted in. It's now fully available, but for now, it's still just in the US. There's no word on when it will be available elsewhere, but here's everything you need to know about the service now that it's officially available.

Put simply, Luna is a cloud gaming platform that's been split into multiple optional segments, or 'Channels'. Most of these are pay to access, with the exception of one for Prime members. Your choices include the Retro Channel, Family Channel, Jackbox Games Channel, Ubisoft+, Luna+, and finally the Prime Gaming Channel.

Prime Gaming Channel is the most notable out of these, simply because it will offer Amazon Prime members a selection of free games to play on Luna that rotate each month. So you're not getting the full library of games that Luna+ or any of the other channels would offer, but at least it's something.

In March, Prime members will get access to Devil May Cry 5, Observer System Redux, PHOGS!, and Flashback. Immortals Fenyx Rising will also be available to play for free for a limited period from March 8-15 instead of the whole month.

When it comes to the paid selection of channels, you've got a few choices. The Retro Channel, costing $4.99/month, includes classic games like Street Fighter II, Metal Slug 3, and Castlevania Anniversary Collection. Whereas Luna+ includes some newer games like Control Ultimate Edition, Dirt 5, Sonic Mania, Ghostrunner, Call of the Sea, and more. Luna+ cost $5.99/month, and isn't included with Amazon Prime.

Is Amazon Luna Like Google Stadia?

Is some aspects, yes. You're paying a fee and can access a selection of games for no extra cost (like Stadia Pro). But, where it differs is that's the only way you play the games available. You can't purchase anything, and the main bulk of games are simply included in the Luna+ subscription - which is then further serviced by the additional Luna 'Channels'.

The best way to explain is to simply compare it to the Cloud Streaming portion of Game Pass. It's like that, games you can stream via the cloud, but split into different segments depending on your preferences.

If you want to get everything Luna has to offer, you're paying up to $18.96/month, or $36.95 if you include Ubisoft+. But again, it's still worth noting all this is all optional. Essentially, Luna is a pay for what you want cloud streaming service. You don't have to purchase any of the games, and you can cancel at any time.

Where Can You Play Amazon Luna?

Amazon Luna is currently supported to play on PC, Mac, Fire TV, Fire tablet, Chromebook devices and via web browser apps for iPhone, iPad and Android phones.

Amazon states that Luna can play games up to 1080p/60fps. This will heavily depend on what device your using, the quality of internet connection, and the current game you're attempting to stream. Amazon recommends a consistent 10/Mbs as a minimum for streaming at 1080p. If you can, you should also be using your router's 5GHz Wi-Fi band.

It's also worth noting that Luna includes a "Couch Mode". This means you can accept an invite code from a friend to play local multiplayer games like Overcooked 2, even if you aren’t a subscriber.

Amazon's Luna Controller

Similar to Google Stadia, there's a controller to go alongside the cloud gaming service. The Luna controller connects directly to Amazon’s custom game servers, and according to Amazon, this will reduce any latency from 30 to 17 milliseconds (compared to using Bluetooth). But, if you want to, you can still use this controller with Bluetooth on Windows PC, Mac, and Fire TV devices.

It currently costs just under $50 from Amazon directly, down from the initial $70 asking price. You don't need this controller to use Luna, however, and any connectable Bluetooth enabled controller should work on your devices. The only difference is that the corresponding buttons may not match up i.e 'X' and 'A' not matching a PlayStation gamepad.

For more on Amazon or cloud gaming, check out all the games coming to Xbox Game Pass in March (including xCloud), or find out how to avoid paying $139 a year for Amazon Prime.

Robert Anderson is a deals expert and Commerce Editor for IGN. You can follow him @robertliam21 on Twitter.

A brand-new poster for Jordan Peele’s Nope has given us a confusing glimpse of the upcoming film… and reveals almost nothing.

Still, it puts a fresh spin on the film’s original poster, this time replacing the ominous gas cloud with the image of a horse floating in the air. Or is it being dragged into the sky by a tractor beam?

The image looks as though it depicts a horse being abducted by aliens. With alien plush toys also among the debris being dragged into the sky, it may be our first hint about what exactly is going on in Nope.

At the moment, very little is known about Nope, with Universal keeping the plot of Peele’s upcoming movie firmly under wraps.

But the mysterious project reunites the filmmaker with Oscar-winning actor Daniel Kaluuya, who previously starred in his critically-acclaimed horror, Get Out. And while a recent trailer gives us a hint of what we might expect, there’s little else to go on.

The trailer does reveal that Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer are both part of a Black-run horse farm that trains horses for Hollywood productions. It all seems to be going well, but things soon take a turn for the worse with a glimpse of what could be a UFO.

Not to mention that disturbing shot of a kite line hanging from… whatever it is that’s in the film’s poster.

What does it all mean? For now, we’ll have to wait and see. But Nope is one of our most anticipated horror movies of the year and is due to be released in theaters on July 22, 2022.

Jordan Peele’s Nope stars Daniel Kaluuya, Steven Yeun, and Keke Palmer. Jordan Peele both wrote and directed the project which he also produced alongside Ian Cooper. Robert Graf is also on board as executive producer.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Anime streaming platform Funimation has been folded into one-time rival Crunchyroll to form an anime super-service.

More than 1,600 hours of anime has been added to Crunchyroll at no extra cost, following the merger between the two that completed in August last year. 80% of what Funimation calls its "most popular series" will be available on Crunchyroll by the end of March – that includes My Hero Academia, Tokyo Ghoul, Cowboy Bebop, and much more.

You can see a full list of Funimation shows on Crunchyroll here. Funimation will continue to operate as normal for the time being, but the move makes clear that Crunchyroll will be the main platform going forward, and any new anime starting in spring 2022 will only be available on Crunchyroll. Funimation will only continue to update series already hosted on the service.

The move will also bring Funimation subsidiary Wakanim, and Crunchyroll's VRV into the core Crunchyroll subscription.

CEO Colin Decker said: "When we brought Funimation and Crunchyroll together last year, our top priority was to put fans first. Unifying all of our brands and services under the Crunchyroll brand globally enables us to offer more value than ever before as we combine subs, dubs, simulcasts, library, music, movies, manga—all into one subscription.

"The new Crunchyroll is the realisation of a dream, and we are grateful to the creators of anime and the millions of fans who have joined us in making the community what it is today."

Funimation Premium currently costs $5.99 (£4.99) a month while Crunchyroll starts at $7.99 (£6.50) a month.

Anyone already subscribed to Funimation, Wakanim, or VRV will be offered 60 days of Crunchyroll Premium for free. Current subscribers to the non-Crunchyroll platforms will be emailed within the next few days (from March 1) to be offered the free 60 days.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer who occasionally remembers to tweet @thelastdinsdale.

Disney has announced that the Marvel Netflix shows will be added to the Disney+ library this month. Additionally, the ABC series Agents of SHIELD will also be added to the streaming service.

All of the Netflix live-action Marvel shows will be added to Disney+ on March 16. They are Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, The Defenders, and The Punisher. Agents of SHIELD will also be added at the same time, meaning Disney+ will be the place to watch almost all of Marvel's live-action output.

With the Netflix shows being mature-rated, Disney+ will also roll out new parental controls in order to help people prevent their children from seeing Kingpin destroy a man's head with a car door, as well as the many other incredibly dark themes and scenes found across this collection of Marvel shows.

All these shows will be available on Disney+ in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. Disney promises the shows will be added to other Disney+ territories later this year.

The live-action Marvel shows first seen on Netflix - often referred to as the Marvel Knights or Defenders shows - are a bit of a mixed bag. They include what is seen as some of the best Marvel live-action stories in Daredevil and Jessica Jones, as well as some of the worst in The Defenders and Iron Fist. While there is much debate around if they are considered MCU canon, the lines have definitely been blurred thanks to Charlie Cox's Matt Murdock appearing in Spider-Man: No Way Home, and Vincent D'Onofrio's Wilson Fisk featuring in Hawkeye.

Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer.

Nvidia has confirmed that it was recently the victim of a cyberattack, following reports last week that its internal systems were compromised.

In a statement sent to IGN, an Nvidia spokesperson confirmed that on February 23, it was aware of a "cybersecurity incident which impacted IT resources." Nvidia also confirmed that the "threat actor took employee credentials and some Nvidia proprietary information from its systems" and that the hacker or group involved in the attack had begun leaking it online.

Although Nvidia did not disclose what "proprietary information" was stolen, ransomware group LAPSUS$ told our sister site PCMag that it stole 1TB of data, including files detailing Nvidia's hardware and software. Most notably, the group claims that it has files for a GPU driver, which would restore the full Ethereum mining potential in the RTX 30 series of GPUs.

Last May, Nvidia announced that newly manufactured RTX 30 GPUs would be altered by reducing the ETH hash rate, thus making the difficult-to-buy GPUs less desirable to crypto miners. It's important to note that this recent cyberattack has no direct relation to a recent program meant to restore the ETH hash rate on Nvidia RTX 30 and A-series GPUs, which turned out to be malware.

LAPSUS$ told PCMag that Nvidia has not reached out to the group after it demanded the GPU giant pay them in cryptocurrency to ensure the data was not leaked. Nvidia told IGN that it is working on analyzing the information that was stolen and that it does "not anticipate any disruption to [its] business or ability to serve [its] customers as a result of the incident."

Graphics cards, particularly the RTX 30 series, have been desirable for cryptocurrency mining because graphics cards are faster and more powerful than using a processor. GPUs can also perform more calculations and decode different hashes, which allow a higher output on mining for new cryptocurrencies.

Taylor is the Associate Tech Editor at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster.

Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin is very happy with how Elden Ring has been received.

Martin published a new blog post saying the reviews for Elden Ring - which have made it one of the best reviewed games in modern history - were "music to the ears".

"The wait is over," the legendary author wrote. "Years in the making, ELDEN RING was released last week, and has been taking the gaming world by storm.

But don’t listen to me. From Software brought me on to do their worldbuilding, so I can hardly pretend to be objective."

Martin went onto point to some examples of almost universally good reviews, and wrote, "And… well, there’s more. Lots more."

Miyazaki previously commented that Martin, who was brought on years ago to develop the world and history of Elden Ring, may be shocked by what became of his characters. But Martin acknowledged that Elden Ring's launch last week took the gaming sphere by storm and congratulated Miyazaki on his achievement.

He said: "Almost all the credit should go to Hidetaka Miyazaki and his astonishing team of games designers who have been labouring on this game for half a decade or more, determined to create the best videogame ever. I am honoured to have met them and worked with them, and to have played a part, however small, in creating this fantastic world and making Elden Ring the landmark megahit that it is."

The two fantasy legends seem equally thrilled to have worked together, as Miyazaki commented recently that working with Martin was like "speaking with an old friend". Miyazaki has also talked about the restraints he put on Martin's contributions, and how they benefited both the writer and the developers.

In our 10/10 review, IGN said: "Elden Ring is a massive iteration on what FromSoftware began with the Souls series, bringing its relentlessly challenging combat to an incredible open world that gives us the freedom to choose our own path."

To make those choices with the best available information, check out our guide that features everything you could ever hope to know about Elden Ring, including collectible locations, boss strategies, and more.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer who occasionally remembers to tweet @thelastdinsdale.

Euphoria is now HBO's second-most watched show, losing out only to the (likely impossible to beat) Game of Thrones.

Per Variety, HBO announced that Euphoria - its Zendaya-led coming-of-age drama - is now averaging 16.3 million viewers per episode. HBO only began measuring viewership in the current fashion in 2004, but by those measures it's the network's second-biggest average viewership.

Euphoria's Season 2 finale aired on February 27 and drew in 6.6 million viewers, while its premiere is currently approaching 19 million viewers. It's also been HBO Max's most popular show for seven weeks straight, and its final episode made it the top title in Europe and Latin America too.

Game of Thrones' final season averaged 44.2 million viewers per episode, so despite Euphoria being incredibly successful, it doesn't quite come close. After all, Game of Thrones was – as IGN said in its finale review – "a true cultural obsession" the likes of which we'll quite possibly never see again.

Discussing the second season of Euphoria, IGN said that its lead character Rue Bennett (played by Zendaya) is a key to draw to the series and lovable because of her humanity, not in spite of it.

HBO Max added a ton of new films and TV shows to its platform last month including the second season of Ridley Scott's Raised By Wolves alongside Steven Soderbergh's Kimi.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer who occasionally remembers to tweet @thelastdinsdale.

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Major Hollywood studios have begun pausing their film releases in Russia – including The Batman, Morbius, and more – following the invasion of Ukraine.

Yesterday, Disney announced that it would pull all theatrical releases in Russia due to the “unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and the tragic humanitarian crisis”.

“We will make future business decisions based on the evolving situation,” added Disney. “In the meantime, given the scale of the emerging refugee crisis, we are working with our NGO partners to provide urgent aid and other humanitarian assistance.”

Its upcoming animated film Turning Red was due to premiere in Russia on March 10.

Warner Bros. soon followed, confirming that The Batman would not debut in the country.

“In light of the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, WarnerMedia is pausing the release of its feature film The Batman in Russia,” it confirmed. “We will continue to monitor the situation as it evolves. We hope for a swift and peaceful resolution to this tragedy.”

Additionally, Warner Bros. was due to release Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore on April 14, as well as the upcoming DC League of Super-Pets on May 19.

Following the news from Disney and Warner Bros, Sony Pictures added that it too would suspend its upcoming releases in Russia.

“Given the ongoing military action in Ukraine and the resulting uncertainty and humanitarian crisis unfolding in that region, we will be pausing our planned theatrical releases in Russia, including the upcoming release of Morbius,” said a Sony Pictures spokesperson. “Our thoughts and prayers are with all those who have been impacted and hope this crisis will be resolved quickly.”

This follows a call from the Ukrainian Film Academy for an international boycott against Russian cinema and the Russian film industry.

The petition (via change.org) calls for a boycott from producers and distributors, as well as international film festivals “not to allow in the competition and non-competition programs films produced by the Russian Federation or in co-production with it.”

Meanwhile, the Motion Picture Association also issued the following statement:

“The MPA stands with the international community in upholding the rule of law and condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. On behalf of our member companies, who lead the film, TV, and streaming industry, we express our strongest support for Ukraine’s vibrant creative community who, like all people, deserve to live and work peacefully.”

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

New Xbox Game Pass additions for the second of March have been announced by Xbox. The first half of the month saw Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy hit the service, and now we've got even more titles hitting Game Pass in the latter half of March.

This includes Crusader Kings 3 making its way over from PC Game Pass, as it will now be available for Xbox console users as well from March 29. There's also F1 2021, Shredders, Tainted Grail: Conquest, and much more. Here's everything on Xbox Game Pass this month.

Crusader Kings 3 on Xbox Series X|S from March 29

Given a 'masterpiece' 10/10 review when it was first released for PC in 2020, Crusader Kings 3 will now be available for some Game Pass consoles users, alongside those already playing on PC Game Pass. Unfortunately, those on Xbox One will be unable to play the game via Game Pass, as when it hits the service on March 29, it will be limited to just Xbox Series X|S on March 29.

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy is on Xbox Game Pass This Month

Guardians of the Galaxy earned some decent reviews during its launch period, and we even gave it an 8/10 in our review: "A fun, no-frills single-player campaign full of cosmic comic book flavor." Developed by Eidos Montreal, Guardians of the Galaxy came out quite recently during the tail-end of 2021, and will be available for cloud, console, and PC Game Pass from March 10.

Everything Coming to Xbox Game Pass in March

• Far: Changing Tides (Cloud, Console, and PC) – Available Now
• Microsoft Flight Simulator (Cloud) – Available Now
• Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (Console and PC) – March 3
• Kentucky Route Zero (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox – March 10
• Lawn Mowing Simulator (Xbox One) ID@Xbox – March 10
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Cloud, Console, and PC) – March 10
• Young Souls (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox – March 10
• Shredders (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X|S) ID@Xbox – March 17
• The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet of Chaos (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox – March 17
• Tainted Grail: Conquest (Console) ID@Xbox – March 22
• Zero Escape: The Nonary Games (Cloud, Console, and PC) – March 22
• Norco (PC) ID@Xbox – March 24
• F1 2021 (Console) EA Play – March 24
• Crusader Kings III (Xbox Series X|S) ID@Xbox – March 29
• Weird West (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox – March 31

Best Xbox Deals Right Now: $5 Off Game Pass

You can also get 3-months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for just $39.99 at Amazon right now, which is $5 off the asking price. This will also stack with your current membership.

Everything Leaving Xbox Game Pass in March

These games will leave Xbox Game Pass by the end of the month.

Leaving March 15

• Nier: Automata (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Phogs! (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Torchlight III (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• The Surge 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC)

Leaving March 31

• Madden NFL 20 (Cloud, Console, and PC) EA Play
• Narita Boy (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Shadow Warrior 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC)

Leaving April 11

• Destiny 2: Beyond Light, Shadowkeep, and Forsaken (PC)

Xbox PC App Install Update

The Xbox app is also receiving some brand new install and modding capability options in an update available now. To access the new update, open the Microsoft Store app on Windows, navigate to your Library and select ‘Update’ next to the Xbox app. The new changes are listed just below.

• You now have the option to choose what folder your games get installed to
• Access to files for select games you’ve installed, as well as options to repair and move your games
• Ability to mod more games

Even More Gaming Deals Right Now

Robert Anderson is a deals expert and Commerce Editor for IGN. You can follow him @robertliam21 on Twitter.

Today, Atari has unveiled a brand new puzzle-platformer game called Kombinera, which is coming to pretty much any platform you can think of this April.

Kombinera is a new Atari IP where players take control of differently colored balls and use them and their unique abilities to work their way through over 300 environments and puzzles. The balls all move in unison, but different colors will interact with puzzles in different ways, requiring concentration and puzzle-solving to move forward.

The game is developed by St. Louis-based Graphite Lab, with Atari publishing. Atari's role is, per CEO Wade Rosen, a recommitment to publish more games going forward after a significant loss of momentum in the last decade. Since September, Atari has published a number of "Recharged" versions of older arcade games such as Brick Breaker, Asteroids, and others. But Kombinera is the first new IP to come out of this initiative, and according to Rosen, the first of many to come.

Rosen tells IGN that Atari's upcoming release calendar has the publisher releasing, on average, a new game every month for the next 13 months. That includes a mixture of classic IP (like the Recharged games), brand new IP, and new games from existing franchises. For now, Atari is working entirely with external studios, though Rosen suggests they may one day bring development in-house. He says that in the coming months and years, we can expect to "see Atari collaborate with a variety of studios, from small independents to larger studios with well-established reputations."

One key component of all of Atari's plans, including the brightly-colored Kombinera, is to reinvigorate the arcade-y feel that was synonymous with Atari games back in the day.

"Kombinera is a puzzle-platformer that has some of the personality traits of an Atari arcade game," Rosen says. "What made those arcade experiences memorable, and something you wanted to return to, was that they were immediately accessible and yet layered with depth and surprises that you discovered as you mastered the game."

What Rosen is surprisingly candid about is Atari's place in the wider gaming consciousness in 2022. He recognizes that it isn't the same well-known company it once was with the disappearance of arcades and its move into a quieter publishing role. But he wants to change that, beginning with Kombinera:

"We are in an interesting moment in the lifespan of Atari," he says. "It is an iconic brand that has a natural place in pop culture as much as it does games. Atari appears in film, television, art, music and fashion — and it feels natural. It belongs. Yet, despite the brand's roots in video games, today’s Atari has less presence and less relevancy in gaming culture. You might say the brand is out of balance. A modern Atari will find that balance, where its role in gaming culture is in parity with its role in pop culture."

Kombinera is planned for launch on PC via Steam and Epic, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S, Atari VCS, iOS, and Android in April 2022.

Rebekah Valentine is a news reporter for IGN. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.