Prime Gaming gives Amazon Prime members monthly free games and exclusive in-game content

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The new service gives members access to exclusive Apex Legends skins and new Exotic Destiny 2 weapons this month

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Amazon has launched Prime Gaming today, August 10, as part of its Amazon Prime membership service. 

Joining Prime Video, Amazon Music, and Prime Reading, Prime Gaming gives members access to a collection of free PC games each month. Now live, anyone who has an Amazon Prime membership can claim the free PC games, which are yours to keep forever once you've claimed them, regardless of the status of your subscription in future. The first collection of games up for grabs includes the likes of SNK arcade classics, SNK 40th anniversary collection, Metal Slug 2, and Treachery in Beatdown City. 

Currently, you'll be able to get exclusive skins for Apex Legends, Exotic weapons for Destiny 2, and a Player Pick Pack for FIFA 20. New items for Roblox are also set to come later in the month. To claim the free content, you just need to log in with your Prime membership. 

“Prime members already get the best of TV, movies, and music, and now we’re expanding our entertainment offerings to include the best of gaming,” said Larry Plotnick, GM, Prime Gaming. “We’re giving customers new content that makes playing their favorite games on every platform even better. So no matter what kind of games you love, and no matter where you play them, they’ll be even better with Prime Gaming.”

Having launched Twitch Prime back in 2016, Prime Gaming is a new service for Prime members that will bring more new content for a larger catalogue of games, with more free games and a monthly Twitch channel subscription. 

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Heather Wald
Heather Wald
Evergreen Editor, Games

Heather Wald is the Evergreen Editor, Games at GamesRadar+. Her writing career began on a student-led magazine at Bath Spa University, where she earned a BA (Hons) in English literature. Heather landed her first role writing about tech and games for Stuff Magazine shortly after graduating with an MA in magazine journalism at Cardiff University. Now with almost seven years of experience working with GamesRadar+ on the features team, Heather helps to develop, maintain, and expand the evergreen features that exist on the site for games, as well as spearhead the Indie Spotlight series. You'll also see her contribute op-eds, interview-led features, and more. In her spare time, you'll likely find Heather tucking into RPGs and indie games, reading romance novels, and drinking lots of tea.