AWS for Games Blog
Author: Juho Jantunen
Juho Jantunen is a Worldwide Principal Solutions Architect in the AWS for Games team focusing on game backend and game server hosting solutions. He has a background in the games industry and cloud technology, and has built and operated game backends on AWS for multiple titles with millions of players.
How to build online multiplayer games using Amazon GameLift, AWS Serverless, and C++
Online multiplayer games have a long list of requirements to provide the best possible experience for players: game clients need identities that can securely access the game backend, backend services are required to host functionalities like matchmaking and player data, and you need a scalable way to host game sessions. In this post you’ll learn […]
A Guide to Amazon GameLift & Game Servers
As game developers, your players expect a great in-game experience, with low latency and uninterrupted play. As the number of concurrent players grows, so does the complexity of the infrastructure needed to support them. Game server hosting is a critical piece to your overall game backend architecture for session-based multiplayer games. It’s critical to your […]
Game Server Hosting on AWS Fargate
AWS offers various options for hosting session-based games. Whether you’d like to leverage a managed service like Amazon GameLift, build your own solution using Amazon EC2, or use a container service such as Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) or Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), AWS provides secure, resizable capacity to operate your game with low […]