Microsoft has acquired PlayFab, a startup which accelerates game development by handling live operations and other tasks so developers can concentrate on making their games. PlayFab runs backend ...

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During the eight years he spent working for Seattle-based PopCap Games, James Gwertzman witnessed the company make the transition to a free-to-play monetization strategy. It wasn’t easy. Suddenly, ...

Microsoft is acquiring PlayFab, cross-platform gaming tool vendor, for an undisclosed amount. Microsoft announced on Jan. 29 its plan to buy PlayFab, its second acquisition of calendar 2018. (The ...

Complete backend and operations platform PlayFab has announced some of its most popular features will now be made free for developers to access. The Seattle tools outfit hopes that its move - labelled ...

Microsoft’s Azure PlayFab and Xbox divisions have joined together to offer game developers matchmaking and multiplayer parties at no cost when used by an Xbox network authenticated player. The offer ...

Microsoft is stepping up the investment in its Azure cloud platform. The company today announced that it has acquired PlayFab and its back-end platform of tools for live ops games. "Many industries ...

Microsoft has bought Seattle gaming startup PlayFab, a move that could make it more attractive for developers to use Microsoft’s Azure to build video and PC games. PlayFab launched nearly four years, ...

Let’s be honest, most console and PC gamers just plug-in and go for it. After all, players are primarily focused on conquering a video game’s central storyline, side missions, sub-plot goals and (in ...

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