Bandwidth: Amazon Luna adds Dirt 5 as Netflix is expected to join the cloud gaming race

While there was a fair bit of news for Google Stadia this week, cloud gaming news from other platforms was relatively quiet. That didn’t stop new games from arriving on GeForce Now and Amazon Luna, though, with the latter getting Codemaster’s Dirt 5.

Bandwidth is 9to5Google’s weekly look at the cloud gaming market beyond Google’s own Stadia platform. Every Friday, we take a look at the biggest news regarding services such as Nvidia GeForce Now, Amazon Luna, PlayStation Now, and Xbox Game Pass, among others. Come back weekly, and don’t forget to check out Stadia Changelog, our weekly roundup of everything new on Stadia.

Dirt 5 comes to Amazon Luna

Good news for Amazon Luna players this week! The platform has just added Dirt 5 from Codemasters as a part of the Amazon Luna+ subscription. That means, for the same $5.99/month cost, you’ll get the game as a part of nearly 100 titles currently included.

You can sign up for Amazon Luna here.

GeForce Now crosses 1,000 supported games

Nvidia announced this week that it now supports over 1,000 PC games for cloud streaming through GeForce Now. It’s a huge advantage of the service over Stadia, Luna, PS Now, and even Xbox Game Pass, which all combined don’t have access to 1,000 games.

• GeForce Now supports streaming over 1,000 games from the cloud as of this week

The latest GeForce Now additions include:

• The Immortal Mayor (Steam)
• Lost at Sea (Steam)
• Obduction (Epic Games Store)
• Alchemist Adventure (Steam)
• Retro Machina (Steam)
• Space Colony: Steam Edition (Steam)
• Tained Grail: Conquest (Steam)
• Unity of Command II (Steam)
• Warframe (Digital Extremes)
• Wildermyth (Steam)
• X3: Albion Prelude (Steam)
• Ys: Memories of Celceta (Steam)
• Ys Origin (Steam)

Netflix of games?

As cloud gaming has grown, the term “Netflix of games” has been thrown around a lot, but it seems that might come to reality as a report this week revealed that Netflix is actually working on bringing video games to its service.

You can read more about the report here, but the short version is this. Netflix has hired EA alum Mike Verdu to lead its gaming division, which may be a free part of the current Netflix package. Further, the company is apparently planning to debut this option as soon as this time next year or even earlier.

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