Received by the beginning of February, just over a week to go Amazon’s Prime members several gifts. The company is giving away a total of nine articles completely free of charge – should you be a paying subscriber. Some of these are almost brand new products (Release 2021), some of which have received very good ratings from many previous users.
Gifts for Prime members: Amazon offers these things in January
If you didn’t know it yet, you’ll be all the happier: the company is giving away as part of the subscription and under the name “Amazon Prime Gaming”. several video games every month to its members. The monthly free games can be found on Amazon’s campaign page. There they are listed under “Games with Prime”. You can currently find the following offers there for zero euros.
Pick up now: Free games in January 2022
The number of free games available under the Amazon Prime Gaming promotion given away changes from month to month. While there were a total of 13 free games to get hold of in December, the number before that was often only seven to eight copies. At the beginning of last year, however, more than 20 games were already given away.
Free games from well-known developers:
- STAR WARS JEDI: Fallen Order (2019, Origin)
- Total War: WARHAMMER (2016, Epic Games Store)
- World War Z: Aftermath (2021, Epic Games Store)
You can get the full version of the three games for your PC from the stores and portals mentioned. Please note the different deadlines for the free download. This is how you can make the offer for STAR WARS JEDI through February 2nd and that for World War Z through February 7th perceive. All other games are otherwise until February 1, 2022 and available directly from the Amazon Prime Gaming supply page.
More free games on Amazon Prime Gaming:
- Abandon Ship (2018): 73% positive rating from 852 reviews on Steam
- Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered (2015): 81% positive ratings from 3,274 reviews on Steam
- In Other Waters (2020): 92% positive rating from 816 reviews on Steam
- “Paper Beast – Folded Edition” (2020): 96% positive rating from 57 reviews on Steam
- “Two Point Hospital” (2018): 92% positive rating from 19,516 reviews on Steam
- “WRC 7 FIA World Rally Championship” (2017): 74% positive ratings from 2,403 reviews on Steam
How to get the free Amazon Prime Gaming games
You can download the full version of the free games that Amazon provides for free via Amazon Prime Gaming. In order to be able to use the monthly changing offers, you need a valid Amazon Prime membership and the Twitch platform, which is part of the subscription, as well as downloading Amazon’s games app for Windows.
- Needed: Amazon Games app for Windows (to download)
Once you have downloaded and installed the app, log in there with the access data associated with your Amazon Prime membership. Until the end of the existing period you can then get the current free games secure permanently for free.
The special thing about the Amazon Prime gift: You can usually keep all titles, even if you decide to cancel your Amazon Prime membership at some point.
Current Amazon bestsellers in the gaming sector (as of January 23, 2022)
If you want to look around for other games in addition to the free games from Amazon Prime Gaming, you will find further offers in the corresponding product area. At present, customers mainly buy the following items:
- PSN Wallet Top Up: 5 euros to 100 euros
- Pokémon Legends: Arceus (Nintendo Switch): 54.99 euros
- Nintendo eShop Card: 15 euros to 119.99 euros
- PlayStation Plus Membership (1 month): 8.99 euros
- Xbox Live credit (Download code): 15 euros to 100 euros
- VARTA Longlife Power battery 4.5 V block battery: 1.77 euros to 12.36 euros
- PlayStation Plus Membership (12 months): 59.99 euros
- Nintendo Switch Pro Controller: 54.99 euros
- Xbox Live credit (Xbox Live Online code): 10 euros
- SanDisk microSDXC memory card 128GB (Nintendo Switch): 17 euros
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All advantages of your Amazon Prime membership at a glance
Amazon not only gives away free games to customers with a Prime membership. For present 7.99 euros per month you can also “stream over two million songs and football live ad-free”, as the provider’s website says. There is also access to the Prime Video library and other content such as e-books.
In addition to the conventional Prime subscription, there are currently two ways to get membership at a reduced price:
- Amazon Prime student: 3.99 euros per month
- Amazon Prime student annually: 34.00 euros per year
It should be noted that a free Amazon Prime Student membership has been limited to six months since 2020. Trainees can also take advantage of the cheaper offers.
For whom is Amazon Prime worthwhile?
If you order a lot and regularly from Amazon, you can save on shipping costs for a product under 29 euros per month.
What is included with Amazon Prime?
Among other things, you get premium shipping, unlimited streaming and a rotating selection of eBooks and eMagazines for free download. According to Amazon, it offers the following advantages:
- gaming: Free games and other surprises every month
- Exclusive offers: 30-minute early access to lightning deals or limited offers
- Much more: Unlimited photo storage, try clothes and shoes at home for a week and pay later
Additional benefits of Amazon Prime
In addition to the well-known advantages and the free games mentioned, Amazon Prime membership has two other advantages that many people do not even know. Here, too, you get a product for free or significantly cheaper than “normal” Amazon customers.
How can I cancel Amazon Prime?
Another benefit of membership: the Amazon Prime subscription can be canceled at any time. All you have to do is search for “Manage Prime Membership” in your account area and make the appropriate settings. Please note, however, that it is best to cancel 48 hours before the next billing to avoid further costs. Additional tip: If you just want to get rid of Amazon’s Twitch Prime, it can be done in just a few steps.
Sources: Amazon, Steam, own research
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