AccelByte Multiplayer Servers (AMS) is AccelByte’s server management add-on for AccelByte Gaming Services (AGS) that allows customers to manage multiple regions and providers through a single pane of glass, ensuring their game runs on the lowest-latency servers worldwide at the most cost-effective rate. AccelByte customers like AEXLAB and Genun Games already use AMS to support hundreds of thousands of players globally while delivering an exceptional player experience, regardless of location.

AMS’s multi-provider approach—historically including both cloud (AWS) and bare metal (servers.com) options—has ensured customers could mix and match providers to create a setup perfectly tailored to their needs. This flexibility has been a core tenet of the product since launch.

Today, we’re excited to announce that we’re expanding these options further with the addition of Microsoft Azure as our newest virtual machine (VM) provider. This expansion reinforces AccelByte’s commitment to offering a broad spectrum of server provider choices, empowering game developers to deploy, manage, and scale their multiplayer servers with even greater flexibility and performance.

Empowering Game Developers with More Options 

Game developers need server solutions that align with their unique performance and scalability requirements. With AMS’s integration of Microsoft Azure, developers now have access to an even more diverse selection of VM families, ensuring they can fine-tune their infrastructure based on workload needs, player demand, and regional distribution. Whether building for high-intensity simulations or optimizing for memory-heavy workloads, AMS provides the right tools to support seamless and efficient game server management.

Introducing Azure VM Families

AMS’s Microsoft Azure offering includes four distinct VM families, each tailored to different workload demands:

• glx1.azr Family: General-purpose VMs powered by AMD EPYC 7763v (Genoa) [x86-64] processors. These instances support a wide range of workloads, offering up to 48 vCPUs, 192 GiB RAM (4 GiB/vCPU), and storage for standard SSDs up to 1,024 GiB.
• cpx1.azr Family: High-performance VMs featuring Second or Third-generation Intel Xeon Platinum 8000 series processors (Ice Lake or Cascade Lake). Optimized for game servers requiring heavy physics simulations and scientific calculations, these instances offer up to 48 vCPUs and 2 GiB RAM per vCPU.
• mex1.azr Family: Memory-optimized VMs designed for large, memory-intensive game servers. Powered by AMD EPYC™ 3rd Gen processors, this family offers up to 384 GiB RAM (7 GiB/vCPU) and storage support for standard SSDs up to 2,048 GiB.
• ttx1.azr Family: Developer-friendly VMs ideal for testing environments. Featuring 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake) processors, these instances are perfect for early-stage development, offering up to 4 GiB RAM and standard SSDs up to 32 GiB.

These VM families are currently available in the following regions: 

• North America East
• North America West
• Europe Central
• Asia Southeast
• Asia Northeast
• South America East
• Australia East

Additional regions will be added in the future.

Multi-Provider and Now Multi-Cloud Deployment

With the addition of Microsoft Azure, AMS enhances its multi-cloud + bare metal strategy, giving game developers the freedom to deploy and scale their fleets seamlessly across multiple providers, including AWS. Multi-cloud support enables studios to build distributed infrastructure, ensuring optimal performance, regional redundancy, and the ability to adapt dynamically to changing player traffic without incurring downtime.

By integrating Microsoft Azure, AMS provides greater accessibility to different cloud architectures, helping developers create resilient game server ecosystems without vendor lock-in. This expanded choice allows for better alignment with studio preferences, ensuring that every deployment can be customized for optimal game performance and player experience.

Ready to see if AMS is a good fit for your project? Sign up for AGS Shared Cloud and get started with AMS today, or, if you’ve already selected an alternative game backend for your project, chat with our sales team about pairing AMS with a game backend of your choice. 

Try AMS and AGS Shared Cloud for Free

Sign up today and enjoy a 90-day free trial, including:

• 1 ttxl.s instance
• 224 GB of network egress
• 3 fleets
• 50 GB of dedicated server images

Get started for free and experience the flexibility of AMS with Microsoft Azure.

Explore the AMS with Alternative Backend Solutions

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