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New Solution Guidance for building scalable cross-platform game backends on AWS

AWS Games

Games are increasingly cross-platform and online, and game developers need to develop secure and scalable backend features to support these online elements of their games. Customers share with us that setting up a game backend service requires a fair amount of undifferentiated heavy lifting. Outputs[?

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Video Game Engineers: Job Description and Salary

Game Designing

Video game engineers are an important part of a game development team who takes care of a range of advanced technical tasks. Due to the skills required, becoming a game engineer can take some time and education, but it can also be a very well-paying job. Game Engineer vs Developer or Designer?

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Norsfell builds ‘Tribes of Midgard’ Viking empire with Amazon GameLift

AWS Games

Now approaching its 10th anniversary, Norsfell has grown from a small startup developing mobile games into a studio with nearly 40 team members who helped launch the award-winning multi-platform game, “ Tribes of Midgard.” Knowing other developers were using it gave us more confidence to build.

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Implementing a Build Pipeline for Unity Mobile Apps

AWS Games

The use of game engines to generate interactive content is a common choice for people these days. Unity , which is one of the popular game engines, is widely used for mobile applications that run on smartphones. AWS for Games has published a reference architecture describing a Unity Build pipeline.

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How to build immersive gaming experiences with AR/VR game development 

iXie gaming

Naturally, the process of building these experiences on AR/VR platforms calls for some of the most talented groups of developers who love a challenge. To understand AR/VR game development , one needs to understand the fundamentals of AR/VR as a platform. Why is AR/VR different?

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Why 70% of Developers Prefer Unity for Mobile Game Development 

iXie gaming

Mobile gaming has become popular in recent times thanks to the growing number of mobile device users. Several mobile game engines are used to create mobile games. However, Unity has stood out as one of the most preferred and trusted mobile game engines. Let’s find out. And that’s where Unity wins.

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Top Emerging Free Game Development Tools and Trends!

Big Games

We’re talking free game development software , mind-blowing technology, and trends hotter than a dragon’s breath. Think AI that helps you build landscapes, real-time 3D sculpting like magic, and coding made accessible even for total newbies. So, are you ready to unleash your inner game developer? And guess what?