Game developers are turning to outside vendors for backend services, but there is always a danger they could get locked into one with bad results. So Heroic Labs is announcing the formal launch of ...

Google Cloud is introducing Agones, an open-source dedicated multiplayer game server hosting built on top of the Kubernetes platform.

Google today announced the availability of “Game Servers” in beta test mode, a managed service offering using a service called Agones, which is an open-source game server hosting and scaling ...

Game Servers is effectively an enhanced version of Agones, the open-source game hosting platform built on top of Kubernetes, which Google debuted with Ubisoft in 2018.

Well, it can be quite expensive to rent game server hosting. For example, to run a Minecraft Java server that’s designed “for most modpacks,” you’re going to pay around $22.50 per month from Apex ...

Ubisoft has partnered with a division of Google to build an open-source tool that will enable more studios to run and scale their multiplayer games. Agones - named for the Greek word from meaning ...

Game Servers also provides for A/B testing and canary tests, and, in future updates, it will include integrations with the Open Match matchmaking framework.

Battlefield 6 has a lot of players waiting to try the game out, and the servers are already full before the Open Beta. Check out the huge BF6 queues.

Battlefield 6's open beta is using server queues to help mitigate demand, with Battlefield Studios announcing it is working on a "substantial increase in server capacity" to help meet demand.