Backend
News
Mar 20th, 2019
GDC 2019: Epic offers Online Services powering Fortnite to all developers for free
Available for developers working on any platform, store or engine
News
Jan 29th, 2018
Microsoft acquires backend services provider PlayFab
Technology to complement computing giant's own Azure platform
Interview
Sep 1st, 2017
Why Heroic Labs built its Nakama real-time server technology for an open source future
Product VP Alim Jaffer offers his thoughts on open-sourcing and games-as-a-service
News
Jun 23rd, 2017
Warner Bros. Interactice Entertainment opens cloud-based technology studio WB Games New York
News
Mar 20th, 2017
PlayFab partners with IBM Watson supercomputer to help game developers boost player engagement
Job News
Aug 11th, 2016
Backend as a Service provider Clan of the Cloud rebrands as XtraLife, gives devs open source access
News
May 13th, 2016
Tag Games' tech spin-off Chilli Technologies officially launches ChilliConnect free backend service
Interview
Jan 12th, 2016
PlayFab’s James Gwertzman on the importance of game ops tech for success in 2016... and beyond
Top Stories
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Events
| Game Slice | Sep 20th | |
| Game Wave Festival 2022 | Europe | Sep 30th |
| Indiecade Anywhere & Everywhere 2022 | Sep 30th | |
| Melbourne International Games Week 2022 | Australasia | Oct 1st |
| Games Connect Asia Pacific 2022 | Australasia | Oct 3rd |
| Metabeat Conference 2022 | North America | Oct 3rd |
| Horizons Videogames Forum 2022 | Europe | Oct 5th |
| The International Games Summit MH | Oct 5th |
