It’s certainly no secret that Amazon has been making numerous inroads into the gaming industry, from its Lumberyard game engine to its in-development MMO New World, but rumor has it that the company is now looking to expand its grasp on gamers even further with the development of a new game-streaming service. Right now, there’s not much information to go on, but reports indicate that Amazon is currently in the process of negotiating with game publishers to nail down deals to distribute games on the service, which apparently could launch as early as next year.
Of course, Amazon isn’t the only company that thinks game-streaming platforms are going to be the next big thing: Google has been working on the straightforwardly named Project Stream, while Microsoft is throwing its hat into the ring with Project xCloud, to name a couple of others. On Amazon’s front, however, the above is pretty much all we know so far, but if the rumors of a possible 2020 launch hold any water, then we can probably expect to hear more about it sometime this year.
