The New York Times reports that Amazon's rumored game streaming platform could launch this year, but like many launches, it has been interrupted by a coronavirus outbreak.

The NYT reports that the company is apparently planning to release an early version of the platform, codenamed "Project Tempo," but according to a person close to the project, the quarantine and lockdown mean that the release date is still up in the air and 2021 They said it may not appear until 2021.

Although not officially announced, Amazon was rumored to be planning to release it this year. Not much is known about this platform yet, but we already know what is coming.

Amazon's in-house studio has three games in development, two of which will be released in May: "New World," Amazon's frontier MMO; "Crucible," a team-based shooter; and the free-to-play " Lord of the Rings" MMO. [Mike Frazzini, Amazon's vice president of game services and studios, told the NYT: "We've been working with Amazon for a while now, and we're excited about the new games we're bringing to the market. [Mike Frazzini, Amazon's vice president of gaming services and studios, told the NYT, "[Amazon] is also working on a new MMO called Twitch. [Amazon also plans to bring interactive games to Twitch to blur the lines between players and viewers. We love the idea of players, streamers, and viewers sharing in Twitch's synchronous, interactive environment," Frazzini said. [Games like Telltale's "The Walking Dead" and "Pokemon" have provided great interactive streams, even though they were not explicitly designed for it. This summer, I urge you to keep an eye out for them.