AWS for Games Blog

Category: Case Study

Behind Great Games: AWS is How Game Tech Edition 2

Over the past year, many of us have felt compelled to escape into a game, even if only for a few hours. Technology has been our salvation and our solace. When we’ve been forced to stay apart, tech has helped us to feel connected, whether by racing strangers through virtual cities or teaming up to […]

Word Fiends

Case Study: Mindstorm Increases Word Fiend’s ARPPU by 500% with GameOn

Word Fiends is a fast-paced word game where you can challenge your friends or random players to find as many words as possible in two-minute online challenges. Mindstorm, the game’s creator, wanted to add a competitive element to the word game, a genre traditionally filled with casual experiences, to increase retention and engagement. To do […]

How would you keep 125 million gamers playing smoothly online? Epic Games shares its Fortnite story.

Fortnite creators Epic Games goes all-in on AWS services, as revealed at the AWS Summit at the Javits Center in New York on 7/17/2018. Imagine your game had 125 million players. 125 million. That’s 15 times the size of New York. All those people playing your multiplayer game would be a dream come true, right? […]