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Epic Games taps AWS Local Zones for Fortnite’s NA-Central servers

Epic Games taps AWS Local Zones for Fortnite’s NA-Central servers

Starting today, Epic Games will be using AWS Local Zones to support its new NA-Central server region in Fortnite. This new Fortnite server region will bring low latency gameplay to more players in the central United States and Mexico. The NA-Central server region will join the two other AWS-powered Fortnite server regions in North America, […]

Epic Games transforms gaming—and other industries—by innovating on AWS

Epic Games transforms gaming—and other industries—by innovating on AWS

Epic Games (Epic) went all in on Amazon Web Services (AWS) in 2018 to deliver the storage, analytics, and scaling capabilities critical to its business, which had exploded with the release of Fortnite—an online game that’s seen over 15.3 million concurrent players during live events. Fortnite runs almost entirely on AWS, including its worldwide game-server […]

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How the power of voice can supercharge gaming

Doppio is a voice game developer based in the sunny part of Europe that has created voice game hits such as The Vortex, The 3% Challenge, and the iconic PAC-MANTM WAKA WAKA. Jeferson Valadares is a game veteran bringing his experience from renowned studios such as BioWare, Playfish, Digital Chocolate, and BANDAI NAMCO. Christopher Barnes […]