Making games is more accessible than it ever has been. There's now a myriad of game engines to choose from, most of them for free, and an equally important accessibility of storefronts in the PC space ...

Microsoft’s Azure PlayFab and Xbox divisions have joined together to offer game developers matchmaking and multiplayer parties at no cost when used by an Xbox network authenticated player. The offer ...

Let’s be honest, most console and PC gamers just plug-in and go for it. After all, players are primarily focused on conquering a video game’s central storyline, side missions, sub-plot goals and (in ...

Microsoft has acquired PlayFab, a startup which accelerates game development by handling live operations and other tasks so developers can concentrate on making their games. PlayFab runs backend ...

Microsoft Corp.’s Azure cloud platform is about to get more interesting for game developers, as the company announced today that it has acquired PlayFab Inc., a startup that provides a backend ...

Microsoft's new pay-as-you-go pricing opens Azure PlayFab to developers of all sizes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Microsoft ...

Microsoft today launched a preview of PlayFab Multiplayer Servers, a new Azure-based service giving game developers dynamic, on-demand scaling of multiplayer servers. Microsoft bought Seattle-based ...

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Azure PlayFab recently expanded its Party plugin for Unity to support Nintendo Switch, Sony PlayStation 4 and 5, Android, and iOS. The plugin already supported the Xbox Series X, Xbox Series X, Xbox ...

Microsoft has acquired PlayFab, a cloud-based start-up that provides back-end game tools to launch and manage online games. Here are all of the details about Microsoft's latest acquisition. The online ...