Amazon hints the launch of Prime Gaming in India

Amazon is set to launch Prime Gaming, a subscription service that offers free access to a number of titles, bundled with Amazon Prime and Video plans, to its members in India. However, after some users began tweeting references of Prime Gaming’s possible launch in India, Amazon removed some of the references.

Prime Gaming is a revamped version of Amazon’s Twitch Prime service, which was originally launched in the US in 2016. Amazon Gaming’s support page mentions India as an operational market for ‘Mobile offers only’ for its Prime subscribers.

The company said, “With Prime Gaming (included with your Prime membership) unlock instant access to tons of exclusive content for your favorite games and a rotating collection of PC games…each and every month.”

So far, users can only access free in-game content such as collectable characters, upgrades, in-game currency. However, Amazon plans to tap into the burgeoning gaming market in the country with the full-fledged launch of Prime Gaming.

On its Prime page, the Amazon India website also lists Prime Gaming as a mobile-only service offering free in-game content across international and Indian mobile games. The company mentioned India as an operational market for the service on its support page.

For now, a one-month subscription costs Rs. 110 on a web browser and Rs. 120 through the phone app, granting users a channel-tailored badge and a slew of emotes to use. The now-deleted Prime Gaming page never mentioned this feature, though by design, internationally, it goes hand-in-hand with the monthly free games. Users are required to link their Twitch accounts to respective platforms to claim the items or codes.