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AWS for Games

Built for breakthrough gaming experiences

Create next generation game experiences with AWS

AWS for Games gives you everything you need to build, run, and grow innovative gaming experiences. Leaders across the games industry rely on AWS’ more than 16 years of games expertise to launch and run some of the world’s biggest games including Fortnite, Roblox, and League of Legends. AWS and over 300 AWS Games Partners offer the broadest and deepest set of purpose-built services and pre-built solutions for cloud game development, content creation, game backend & infrastructure, and player acquisition, retention & monetization. These empower game developer to build healthy global player communities, gain player insights, and personalize and monetize player experiences to build lifelong fans. 750 million gamers each month, around the world, play games built on AWS.

Benefits

AWS and over 300 AWS Games Partners offer the broadest and deepest set of purpose-built services and pre-built solutions, empowering game developer to discover and select the best-fit tools and games-specific experts to address their unique business needs and accelerate breakthrough gaming experiences.

Launch day matters and a failure on day one can be catastrophic for a new game. Leaders across the games industry rely on AWS’ more than 16 years of games expertise to launch and run some of the world’s biggest games including Fortnite, Roblox, and League of Legends.

Extend the life of your game and keep innovating with services that help you keep your players engaged longer. AWS empowers studios to optimize player acquisition, retain engaged players, and drive monetization strategies that deepen player relationships.

Customer stories

Scopely

Missing alt text value Learn how Scopely scaled “MONOPOLY GO!” for millions of players around the globe with AWS. Explore the case study

Sony Interactive Entertainment

Missing alt text value Sony Interactive Entertainment is modernizing its existing infrastructure to remotely render visual images and effects using AWS. Explore the case study

Gearbox Software

Missing alt text value Gearbox Software was able to handle its largest worldwide launch of millions of concurrent players using AWS. Explore the case study

Warner Bros. Games

Missing alt text value WB Games uses AWS to capture, ingest, analyze, and action insights to help developers become more agile with their storytelling. Explore the case study

Move faster with leading industry partners

To help customers accelerate deployments with solution-specific support, AWS identifies leading AWS games partners across the solution areas.

Epic Unreal Engine

Missing alt text value Unreal Engine (UE) and AWS combine advanced 3D game development technology with purpose-built global infrastructure capabilities to help creators build and scale amazing experiences. Learn more about Epic Unreal Engine

Unity Technologies

Missing alt text value Unity Asset Manager is a cloud-based digital asset management (DAM) solution that streamlines how you discover, transform, manage, and share 3D assets for faster iteration and better collaboration. Learn more about Unity Technologies

Perforce

Missing alt text value Perforce Helix Core (P4D) helps development teams move faster, even as they work on complex products. Learn more about Perforce

Amplitude

Amplitude logo in blue on a white background. The Amplitude Digital Analytics platform is a unified system for data, analytics and personalization. Learn more about Amplitude

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