AWS for Games Blog

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emptyvessel builds global game development pipeline with AWS

This blog post was co-authored by Garrett Young, General Manager and COO of emptyvessel and Wei Ning, CTO of emptyvessel. In the high-stakes world of game development, success hinges on seamless collaboration across time zones and lightning-fast development cycles. For one ambitious studio creating a next-gen cyberpunk shooter, Amazon Web Services (AWS) became the catalyst […]

Load testing the Pragma backend game engine to 1 million concurrent users on AWS

In this blog, we will dive into the significance of load testing a game backend, and how AWS for Games partner, Pragma, successfully load tested one million concurrent users (CCU) on their managed game backend platform that runs on AWS. Creating smooth gameplay is just one part of the game creation equation. Every game has […]

Setting up a Minecraft Java server on Amazon EC2

Introduction This blog covers how to deploy your own personal Minecraft Java server on AWS. Hosting your server on AWS can eliminate common networking challenges and security concerns associated with at-home servers. Because you have control over the virtual machine, you can configure any mods or plugins that you want. We will use Amazon Elastic […]