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Category: Amazon GameLift
Local testing to cloud deployment: development workflows in Amazon GameLift
In today’s competitive gaming landscape, delivering a seamless multiplayer experience is crucial for an optimal game play experience. Game developers face numerous challenges in managing game servers such as scaling servers to meet player demand, managing game deployment pipelines and optimizing server fleets for costs. From initial development to scaling for global player bases, Amazon […]
Amazon GameLift achieves 100 million concurrently connected users per game
Demonstrating the extreme scalability of Amazon GameLift, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has benchmark tested support for up to 100 million concurrent users (CCU) for a single game—a groundbreaking feat for the AWS managed solution. Amazon GameLift alleviates developers’ game server hosting concerns by dynamically scaling backend resources. The test also showcased how Amazon GameLift can […]
The Gang readies to scale its games catalog with LootLocker and AWS
In the last two decades, platforms like Steam and Roblox have made it easier to break into video game publishing. However, with so many titles to choose from, it can be difficult for publishers to break through the competitive noise. To boost visibility and engagement for its growing library of titles, international game development studio […]
QORPO brings generative AI features to AneeMate with AWS
QORPO elevates gaming with AWS-powered generative AI and scalable server hosting, crafting immersive experiences like “AneeMate” and “Citizen Conflict” that captivate players with personalized gameplay.
Reduced pricing in 22 AWS Regions for Amazon GameLift
Amazon GameLift is a fully managed game server hosting solution designed to simplify the deployment, operation, and scaling of multiplayer game servers. With Amazon GameLift, game developers can focus on creating immersive player experiences while offloading the complexity of managing infrastructure. It provides global scalability, high performance, and cost efficiency, making it an ideal choice […]
Level up game development insights at AWS re:Invent 2024
The countdown to AWS re:Invent 2024 is on, with the annual five-day event set to kick off in Las Vegas, NV on Monday, December 2, 2024. re:Invent 2024 festivities include keynotes featuring AWS leaders sharing the latest cloud and generative artificial intelligence (AI) innovations. Attendees can check out an expo floor packed with technology demonstrations, […]
Leverage fully-managed containers to host multiplayer games at global scale on Amazon GameLift
Containers have become increasingly popular for hosting game servers, and for a good reason. The benefits include isolated resources per game session, and consistency across environments from your workstation to development and production. Amazon GameLift, a purpose-built solution for global game server hosting, recently launched containers support in general availability. This feature allows you to […]
How Code Wizards load tested Heroic Labs’ Nakama to two million concurrent players with AWS
Many game developers struggle to build game backend systems that can scale for large numbers of players, especially during events like game launches where there can be very high and unpredictable amounts of traffic. Nakama, a game backend service from the company Heroic Labs (an AWS partner), aims to solve this problem. The Nakama platform […]
Launching Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord – How nDreams scale tested with AWS Fargate
This blog was co-authored by Tim Edmunds, Technical Director, nDreams; Jamie Holding, Senior Principal Programmer, nDreams; and Nick Robinson, Technical Director, Near Light. Leading up to the launch of the multiplayer VR game Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord, the talented team at nDreams knew they needed to put the game through its paces at […]
Hybrid game server hosting with Amazon GameLift Anywhere
To provide a low latency multiplayer experience for your players, you want to host the game sessions physically as close as possible to your players. Amazon GameLift supports 24 Regions and nine Local Zones—continually adding more support across the world. This allows you to centrally manage a global game server fleet from a single home […]