Microsoft’s PlayFab grows ninefold in 3 years
Three years since being acquired, Microsoft’s PlayFab division said today that its monthly active users grew nearly nine times since the software giant acquired...
Microsoft shifts PlayFab game services pricing to pay-as-you-go
Microsoft’s PlayFab division is introducing a pay-as-you-go plan for its game developer services with no minimum monthly fees. The announcement follows last week’s 90%...
Microsoft’s PlayFab cuts prices for its networked player game services
Microsoft’s PlayFab division said it is cutting prices for its networked player game services. The changes are rooted in PlayFab’s effort to find efficiencies and...
Microsoft’s Game Stack chief: The next generation of games and game development
James Gwertzman started PlayFab to provide cloud-based tools and services for game developers, offloading the server infrastructure grunt work so developers could focus on...
Gameloft will bring Xbox Live to 3 mobile games
Mobile game publisher Gameloft has partnered with Microsoft to bring Xbox Live features to some of its mobile games, starting with Asphalt 9: Legends,...
Microsoft Game Stack bundles Azure cloud tools for game developers
Just ahead of the Game Developers Conference, Microsoft announced that its new Microsoft Game Stack will bundle all of the tools and services that...
Microsoft previews PlayFab multiplayer game services
Microsoft is launching the public preview for the PlayFab multiplayer server platform, which helps game developers handle the backend requirements for online multiplayer games. Earlier...
Amazon confirms it bought GameSparks to run live game operations
Amazon is confirming that it bought game infrastructure and live operations company GameSparks to offer a wider variety of services to game developers. In...
Microsoft buys live game operations startup PlayFab, will integrate into Azure
Microsoft has acquired PlayFab, a startup which accelerates game development by handling live operations and other tasks so developers can concentrate on making their...
PlayFab taps IBM’s Watson AI to understand why gamers keep playing
IBM and PlayFab are teaming up to deliver better insights about gamers based on analysis from IBM’s Watson artificial intelligence platform. Seattle-based PlayFab provides...