Introducing Microsoft Game Dev, Microsoft Azure Cloud, and Azure PlayFab
We have learned how to use the Unity engine to develop games. However, modern game development requires not only game engines but also other tools, such as cloud services.
Microsoft Game Dev
In 2019, Microsoft announced Microsoft Game Stack, now known as Microsoft Game Dev, which aims to provide game developers with the tools and services they need to easily create and operate games:
Figure 11.1 – Microsoft Game Dev products (from the Game Dev website)
These tools and services in Microsoft Game Dev include not only DirectX, Visual Studio, Xbox Services, App Center, and Havok, which are commonly used by game developers to complete game development and content creation, but also cloud-based services such as Microsoft Azure Cloud and Azure PlayFab, which all come together to form a powerful ecosystem that every game developer can use, as shown in Figure 11.1.
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