Building defenses in War Dragons
Categories

Google Cloud challenges Amazon for the hearts of game startup CTOs

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
  • Updated
  • 6 min

When it comes to providing mobile infrastructure services for games, Amazon has ruled. But Google has been challenging Amazon in its race to be all things to mobile game companies. Gamers may not care about this behind-the-scenes competition between tech giants, but they will notice if their games get better.

These infrastructure providers actually matter in enabling games to become more social and more complex, because the games are tapping computing resources in the cloud, or web-connected data centers, rather than just using the computing resources of the mobile device.

Unlock premium content and VIP community perks with GB M A X!
Join now to enjoy our free and premium perks.
Join Now
Already have an account? Sign in here
Written by

Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.