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Gaming companies are running their games in the Cloud in order to lower costs, deploy applications faster and more easily scale. The scale of the AWS Cloud makes it easy to respond to the viral growth of social games. AWS is capable of deploying 1000s of virtual machines in minutes and handling the aggressive growth of AWS customers like Playfish. Plus, getting started with AWS is fast. You can sign-up and deploy web application and caching servers in the AWS Cloud in a matter of minutes. AWS powers some of the world’s most popular games including 8 of the top 10 Facebook games.
Customer Case Studies
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| Easily increase capacity to handle 6 million users during peak gaming times. | Restaurant City scaled to handle 4 million users 8 weeks after launch. |
Scaled to handle 10m daily active users, improved time-to-market, and lowered costs. |
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Scaled their 3D MMO game to handle 650,000 users. |
Benefits of Powering Games with AWS
Low Cost
Pay only for cloud resources used.
Scalable
Add 1000s of virtual machines in minutes.
Open and Flexible
Choose development platform and programming model.
Secure
Secure and durable technology platform with industry-recognized certifications and audits.
Fast Deployment Time
Deploy applications without waiting for hardware to arrive.
Highly Available
Highly reliable services and multiple fault-tolerant Availability Zones.
Get Started
Depending on the technical competencies of your organization and the complexity and size of your application, there are a variety of next steps.Facebook Applications
Technical documentation to start building your Web Applications today.
Mobile Developer Center
Technical documentation to start building your mobile applications today.
Getting Started Guides
Technical documentation to start building your Web Applications today.
AWS Solution Providers
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TCO Detailed Calculator for Web Applications
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