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Category: Amazon GameLift

AWS to showcase tools for breakthrough gaming experiences at GDC 2025

Experience first-hand how Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Games helps build breakthrough gaming experiences at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), March 17-21, 2025 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Visit the demo-packed AWS booth (#S927): Engage with purpose-built solutions from AWS that span the entire game development lifecycle. Get hands-on within our Games Showcase […]

Build High-Performance Unreal Engine Studios with Remāngu 2.0 and AWS

This blog is co-written by Stepan Kaiser, CEO of Remāngu and Jan Sechovec, CTO of Remāngu. Game studios, with geographically distributed teams, are challenged with creating and delivering innovative, increasingly complex, games across multiple platforms, on time and on budget. The Remāngu 2.0 platform is addressing these challenges head-on with its comprehensive cloud-native game development […]

Faster multiplayer hosting with containers on Amazon GameLift Servers

Amazon GameLift Servers, a global multiplayer hosting solution, added support for container fleets in 2024. This feature enables customers to run containerized game servers at global scale. To make onboarding to container fleets streamlined for customers, we launched the Amazon GameLift Servers Containers Starter Kit Solution. The solution allows you to take any existing game […]

Jackbox Games unlocks new opportunities with Amazon GameLift Streams

Jackbox Games is a Chicago-based game studio best known for its lineup of popular party-game hits such as Quiplash, Fibbage, Drawful, Trivia Murder Party, and more. With 50 games and counting in its catalog, Jackbox Games offers something for everyone—whether it’s a drawing game, a trivia game, a hidden identity game, or beyond. Jackbox Games’ […]

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, […]