Category: Compute

In this blog post, I present a new solution that you can use to iterate quickly on new game server versions and host multiple different versions on a single Amazon GameLift Servers fleet.

Quality game streaming requires instant responsiveness. Players expect to click and play, without waiting for infrastructure to provision or for long loading times to complete. Today, we’re excited to announce enhanced auto scaling capabilities for Amazon GameLift Streams that deliver both faster stream availability and intelligent cost optimization through an elastic, demand-based scaling system. Amazon […]

Modern game development demands operational sophistication that extends well beyond the creative process. As studios navigate the journey from concept to launch, a few challenges consistently emerge when getting outside perspectives on the game. Quality assurance at scale remains a persistent bottleneck, with traditional playtesting workflows involving downloading builds, coordinating sessions, and manually reviewing recorded […]

Note: AnyCompany Games is a fictional company created to illustrate common challenges and solutions in game development. If you’re building games with a distributed team, you’ve likely faced the challenge of setting up version control, build systems, and cloud infrastructure. This post shows you how the AWS Cloud Game Development Toolkit can deploy a complete […]

Game development often begins long before anything is playable. Teams spend weeks brainstorming concepts, months creating designs, and countless hours implementing and testing mechanics before an interactive demo is created. The challenge isn’t only timeline constraints; critical validation and refinement traditionally happen late in the development cycle, when changes become costly and creative pivots are […]

In the complex ecosystem of gaming, players expect seamless experiences across multiple platforms, such as PlayStation, Xbox, Steam, and mobile app stores. Each platform maintains its own authentication protocols, token formats, and security requirements. This creates a fragmented landscape that poses significant challenges for game developers and infrastructure teams. To address these challenges, Amazon Game […]

Faced with integrating TikTok functionality into their new mobile game, World Reborn, Wicked Saints Studios encountered a dilemma. Available market solutions were either prohibitively expensive, time-consuming to implement, or lacked TikTok integration entirely. To meet their pressing deadline, while maintaining cost efficiency, the studio developed a creative solution by building upon existing Amazon Web Services […]

In today’s competitive gaming landscape, machine learning (ML) has become essential for delivering personalized experiences, optimizing game mechanics, and driving business outcomes. However, traditional approaches to building and deploying ML systems often require extensive DevOps expertise, manual pipeline configuration, and complex infrastructure management that can slow down innovation and time-to-market. Game studios need agile, automated […]

In the betting and gaming (B&G) industry, operators must navigate complex regulatory requirements while maintaining exceptional user experiences. Local governing bodies mandate specific rules about where workloads can run and how data must be handled, making traditional cloud deployments challenging. Many gaming operators have found success by implementing hybrid architectures on Amazon Web Services (AWS) […]

Building mobile games that stand out in a fast-growing market requires more than just great gameplay. Having cracked the code on data-driven innovation powered by AWS, Turkish games studio Hypermonk Games has developed casual racing and simulation titles that have racked up over 100 million downloads to date. The company is refining its development approach […]