Pay now or kiss Twitch Prime’s no-advertising perk goodbye starting Sept 14

Some of Twitch Turbo’s icons, with its special smiley face flipped in light of today’s Twitch Prime news. (credit: Twitch) On Monday, Twitch announced a major downgrade coming soon to its paid Twitch Prime service. Starting September 14, any renewal of the paid service (as part of a paid Amazon Prime subscription) will have its […]

Twitch Prime’s “free game every day” for half of July adds up to a ton

Enlarge (credit: Amazon) Amazon’s Prime Day promotions are often a good indicator of which way the company’s many-headed borg is facing, and this year, one Amazon entity is screaming quite loudly: Twitch. Ars’ Jeff Dunn has already summed up a bunch of discounts and offers to expect this coming Prime Day, but in Twitch’s case, […]

Amazon Prime’s latest parent persuader—a book subscription box for kids

Enlarge (credit: Amazon) On the heels of announcing the new Echo Dot Kids Edition, Amazon has a new offering tailored to parents who want more convenient, kid-friendly content for their family. The company now offers Prime Book Box, a curated box of two or four children’s books available for Prime members for $ 22.99. If […]

Amazon opens up Twitch Prime’s ad-free streaming worldwide

Twitch Prime subscriptions are more than a little handy. If you already have Amazon Prime, it lets you watch your favorite game stream ad-free (and support a favorite streamer) at no extra charge. However, it’s only been available in a handful of countries so far. That changes today — Twitch has made Prime subs available […]