Cloud services for gaming

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Research lab experiments use Kubernetes + containers and game-focused tooling like Agones and GameLift; container images hit 15–20 GB image limits and Docker registries cause slow pulls. Game servers take about 5 minute startup so fleets must be prewarmed; using cloud spot / preemptible instances can cut costs ~10x but risks 10s eviction. Tests run across AWS, GCP, Azure, prove multi‑cloud Agones deployments work and infrastructure is managed as code for fast rebuilds.

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1. 0:00Cloud services for gaming
2. 4:24Game servers in the cloud
3. 7:55Deployments with server templates
4. 11:49Docker for game servers
5. 16:26Kubernetes orchestration
6. 24:32Agones for scaling
7. 27:02PaaS for game servers
8. 32:04Matchmaking and live ops
9. 39:09GameKit and GameSparks
10. 44:29Key takeaways and trade-offs
11. 46:55Q&A: Scaling and performance

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