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AWS for Games powers up for AWS re:Invent 2025
AI and cloud advancements have redefined how games are created, distributed, and experienced. Prepare to dive deep into the latest advancements for developers, publishers, and players from Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Games at AWS re:Invent 2025 in Las Vegas. Register to secure your spot.
Kicking off Monday, December 1, the five-day conference features a series of AWS Executive Keynotes, networking opportunities, and insightful sessions and workshops.
In the Expo Hall at the Venetian, attendees can connect and trade ideas, test-drive the latest AWS and AWS Partner solutions, and explore a breadth of AI innovations. This is also where attendees can find an Agentic Arcade experience powered by AWS for Games in the Industries Pavilion. Showcasing the future of game development, the cutting-edge demo will showcase how generative AI can assist studios and developers in game production. Visitors can collaborate with AI agents specialized for game conception, visual and audio asset creation, gameplay implementation, and quality assurance. Using AWS technologies, participants can create a personalized game in minutes and leave with a link to Kiro-ready specifications.
Agentic Arcade—showcasing AI-assisted game production.
Special events and networking opportunities throughout the week include (all times in Pacific Time):
- Ultimate Sunday Tailgate on November 30 in the Sports Forum
- DevOps in Gaming meetup on December 1 at the Wynn from 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM
- AWS Betting & Gaming Day on December 1 at the F1 Arcade starting at 12 PM— Registration will close on Monday, November 24, so register today for your spot
- AI in Entertainment meetup on December 2 at Caesars Forum from 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM
- An exclusive Magic The Gathering experience, held in collaboration with Wizards of the Coast, on December 2 at the Mandalay Bay from 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
- AWS re:Invent 5K on December 3 at Michelob ULTRA Arena in Mandalay Bay at 6 AM
- re:Play celebration on December 4 at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds starting at 7 PM
To learn more about session programming, check out the AWS for Games re:Invent Attendee Guide. Tailored for the gaming community, the sessions are designed to spark debate and discussion around the trends and challenges reshaping game development. Hear from AWS Customers and Partners such as Another Axiom, Bandai Namco Entertainment, Electronic Arts with Code Wizards, Jam & Tea Studios, Rovio Entertainment, and more.
As a start, check out the following session highlights, and for a full play-by-play of other relevant programming and festivities, explore the full event catalog.
Monday, December 1, 2025 (all times in Pacific Time)
Amazon Games Studios leads a chalk talk on its transformative approach to game data infrastructure. Later, AWS experts host a builder’s session on transforming game and media development with AWS-powered 3D asset creation at scale. Round out the day with a chalk talk from Jam & Tea Studios that presents practical patterns for real-time AI inference.
- IND3311: How Amazon Game Studios builds a data foundation for AI/ML on AWS (chalk talk), 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Mandalay Bay
- IND355: Level Up Your Asset Pipeline: AI-Powered 3D Model Generation at Scale (builder’s session), 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM | Caesars Forum
- IND3316: Real-time AI inference patterns: Lessons from production game workloads (chalk talk), 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Caesars Forum
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Learn how to automate live-ops using AI agents in an AWS Solutions Architect-led workshop and hear from the Another Axiom services team about how they modernized the VR gaming studio’s backend infrastructure during a lightning talk. Join AWS experts for an in-depth code talk on building AI agents to transform game studio review processes and accelerate creative development. Then, explore how Bandai Namco Entertainment built the Gundam metaverse into a globally scalable cloud streaming platform using Amazon GameLift Streams in a breakout session.
- IND340: Autonomous Live-Ops: AI Agents for Dynamic Gaming Experiences (workshop), 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Mandalay Bay
- IND396: Another Axiom: Migrating the backend for hit game Gorilla Tag to AWS (lightning talk), 1:00 PM – 1:20 PM | Venetian
- DAT324L Scaling MONOPOLY GO! To 10M daily players with DynamoDB & ElastiCache (lightning talk), 1:30 PM – 1:50 PM | Mandalay Bay
- IND395: Accelerate Game Design Reviews with Generative AI and LLM Agents (code talk), 1:30PM – 2:30PM PST | Mandalay Bay
- IND394: Amazon GameLift Streams Powers Bandai Namco’s Metaverse (breakout session), 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM | MGM
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Find out how to build AI agents with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore to streamline game studio workflows in an AWS expert-led code talk. Join a workshop on leveraging Amazon GameLift Streams to deliver low-latency pixel streaming experiences to global audiences. Later in the day, check out a chalk talk that provides a closer look at development architecture patterns using the Cloud Game Development Toolkit.
- IND395-R1: Accelerate Game Design Reviews with Generative AI and LLM Agents (code talk), 8:30AM – 9:30AM | MGM
- IND363: Stream 3D applications globally with Amazon GameLift Streams (workshop), 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Caesars Forum
- Agentic Live Ops: Turning Player Data into Actionable Insights (chalk talk), 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM | Caesars Forum
- IND354: Game Dev on AWS: Your Studio Architecture Questions Answered (chalk talk), 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Mandalay Bay
Thursday, December 4, 2025
Rovio provides an inside look at how the studio is using generative AI services from AWS to reimagine game asset creation for titles like Angry Birds Dream Blast. Following, Code Wizards takes to the stage for a discussion on the migration of Apex Legends by EA to Amazon GameLift.
- IND398: Angry Birds Meets GenAI: Transforming Rovio’s Asset Creation with AWS (breakout session), 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Mandalay Bay
- IND204: Next-Gen Scale for Next-Gen Play – EA’s Apex Legends & Amazon GameLift (breakout session), 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM | Caesars Forum
Conclusion
Explore all the available programming this year, map out your schedule, and stay apprised of the latest AWS re:Invent 2025 updates by downloading and using the AWS Events app on iOS or Android. Follow AWS for Games on LinkedIn for the latest updates. The team is excited to catch you in Vegas!
Can’t make it to AWS re:Invent this year? Connect with an AWS for Games expert to learn how you can build, run, and grow your games on AWS.