AWS for Games Blog

Category: Networking & Content Delivery

Level-Up Mood Board Creation with Miro and Amazon Bedrock – Part 2

This blog is co-written by Sean Winters, Senior Platform Architect, Miro. Creation of mood boards can feel overly complex or take a lot of time to create and iterate on. We’ll show how you can integrate generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, image generation models, directly in a Miro board using Amazon Bedrock APIs, enabling better […]

Developer’s Guide to operate game servers on Kubernetes – Part 2

Game server infrastructure has reached a critical inflection point. Traditional virtual machine deployments are no longer sufficient for today’s dynamic gaming environments that require live operations with fast, frequent, and efficient updates. Modern technologies, like Kubernetes, are empowering game operations teams to be efficient. Part 1 of this blog series explored how containerization and Kubernetes […]

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.

Modernize game backend services with AWS Global Accelerator

Live service and multiplayer games must continually evolve in order to offer high-performance and immersive experiences. The feature sets of these games have continuously expanded to include real-time matchmaking, cross-play, in-game transactions, and social interactions. However, many developers are constrained by outdated, monolithic architectures that struggle to meet modern demands for scalability, performance, and security. […]

Using generative AI to analyze game reviews from players and press

Professional game reviewers and players both provide essential feedback that helps game developers and studios improve their games. Professional reviews offer expert analysis of technical aspects and design, while player reviews provide insights into real-world experiences and practical issues encountered during gameplay. Game developers, studios, and publishers face significant challenges when evaluating game reviews due […]

How The Pokémon Company International Orchestrates Zero-Downtime Deployments for Pokémon TCG Live – Part 2

This blog is co-authored by Kylie Yamamoto, DevOps Engineer from TPCi, Sarath Kumar Kallayil Sreedharan and Jackie Jiang from AWS. Introduction Part 1 of this two-part blog series delved into the architectural design considerations that underpin Pokémon TCG Live. Part 2 will explain how zero-downtime deployment has been designed and implemented to ensure seamless gameplay. […]

How The Pokémon Company International Orchestrates Zero-Downtime Deployments for Pokémon TCG Live – Part 1

This blog is co-authored by Kylie Yamamoto, DevOps Engineer from TPCi, Sarath Kumar Kallayil Sreedharan and Jackie Jiang from AWS. Introduction Pokémon is one of the most popular and successful entertainment franchises in the world, encompassing video games, mobile apps, the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG), animation and movies, Play! Pokémon competitive events, and licensed […]

Kinetix taps AWS to bring generative AI tools directly to players

With social interaction central to the gaming experience, demand for user-generated content (UGC) across games is exploding, from Roblox to Fortnite and beyond. Just as no two humans think, talk, or move the same way, many video game development studios and players are of the mindset that digital characters shouldn’t either. This is where emotes […]

Gamer Arena minimizes DevOps demands, unlocks generative AI potential with AWS

Serving more than 550,000 users globally, Gamer Arena offers a unique ecosystem for video game players to compete and earn rewards. Established in 2020, the company aims to introduce gamers to the advantages of blockchain technology in a fun and exciting way. It hosts a mobile application with more than 20 self-published games, as well […]

The Game Developer’s Guide to re:Invent 2023

AWS re:Invent 2023 is fast approaching, and AWS for Games is gearing up to welcome attendees from around the globe at the annual conference for developers in Las Vegas November 27 – December 1. This year, in addition to announcements unveiled during re:Invent keynotes, attendees can check out an exciting array of panel discussions, presentations, […]