Delivering seamless multiplayer experiences globally with game servers

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Google Cloud layers a managed orchestration over Kubernetes + Agones to run dedicated authoritative game servers across many clusters; demo deploys Super Tux Kart (two replicas per cluster) to four clusters grouped into realms (US, EU) and performs multi-cluster allocation that hands out and marks servers allocated, then plays successfully. Platform details include C2/N2 VM recommendations, GKE support, upcoming automatic Agones install and allocation endpoint, DDOS-for-UDP preview, hybrid/multi-cloud management, Windows/container alpha, player-tracking and Open Match/Open Saves integrations.

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1. 0:00Introduction to game servers
2. 1:34Infrastructure and networking
3. 3:24Google Kubernetes Engine
4. 6:01Core concepts and architecture
5. 8:27New features and roadmap
6. 11:49Practical demonstration
7. 18:26Open source tools and wrap-up

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