One of the best Amazon Prime perks is its rotating selection of complimentary video games available monthly through the Twitch.tv “Twitch Prime” service. Even much better, Amazon now has a new Amazon Games launcher that makes it far easier to declare, download and play these games on a PC– but installing the app in the very first location is a hassle if you do not know where to look.
Heres a quick guide to setting up the brand-new Amazon Games launcher and using it to play all the Twitch Prime video games youve added to your account.
How to install the Amazon Games launcher
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Note that Amazon Games is just for managing and playing your Twitch Prime video game library, not for buying in-game items or streaming gameplay (youll still need the Twitch App for that). Youll likewise require to be an Amazon Prime member with a connected Twitch user account in order to declare your complimentary games through Twitch Prime. Heres what to do:
How to include, set up and play video games through Amazon Games.
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Go to the Twitch Prime landing page.
Check in with your Amazon Prime account.
Click the “Games and Loot” tab.
Scroll down to the “Games with Prime” section.
Find a video game you wish to contribute to your account and click “Claim.”.
Screenshot: Brendan Hesse.
To play a video game: Click the “Installed” tab to see a list of all video games installed on your PC. Click “Play” to introduce one.
Once the video game has been declared, click “Download and Play.”.
A brand-new window will appear with instructions on how to install your video game. Click “Download the Amazon Games App” to download the launcher.
Run the installer, then sign in with your Amazon account when triggered. (You may need to supply your password two times and submit a captcha code.).
To install a game: Go to either “All Games” or “Ready to Install,” then click “Install” under the title you wish to download. Click “Proceed” and await the setup to complete.
To add a video game to your account: Click “Free Games with Prime” to scroll through the presently readily available library. The list of video games you can declare will change periodically as offers reoccured, but video games you add to your account will stay yours even after the can no longer be declared by brand-new users.
