Microsoft Game Stack simplifies cloud gaming services for developers.
Microsoft Game Stack simplifies cloud gaming services for developers.
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Microsoft Game Stack bundles Azure cloud tools for game developers

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Just ahead of the Game Developers Conference, Microsoft announced that its new Microsoft Game Stack will bundle all of the tools and services that game developers need to make games, whether they are cloud-connected or not.

The bundle is aimed at everyone, from indie developers to Triple-A studios, and it includes the latest version of PlayFab, the live game services and operations company that Microsoft acquired last year.

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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.