What did we launch?
Today, at the Game Developers Conference 2022, we announced the preview launch of Amazon GameSparks, a managed AWS service that provides game developers with features for building, running, and scaling the backend for their games. Amazon GameSparks was launched as a part of AWS for Games, an initiative that aligns purpose-built game development capabilities—including AWS services, AWS solutions, and AWS Partners—against solution areas to help developers build, run, and grow their games.

Why is this important?
Game developers have told us they want to spend less time on building and scaling backend services, and more time delivering the best player experience possible. Building and scaling backend features requires expertise with managing cloud infrastructure such as compute, storage, and networking to reach players globally and scale to millions of players. Amazon GameSparks addresses these challenges with a serverless game backend that makes it easy for developers to create and manage custom game features without having to think about underlying servers or infrastructure. Amazon GameSparks makes building a game backend easy for game developers who have little to no cloud experience since it comes with out-of-the-box backend features such as authentication and player data management and offers integration with the Unity game engine.

The preview launch of Amazon GameSparks enables game developers to begin developing and testing their games. The preview supports mobile (iOS and Android) and PC gaming platforms. Additional features and benefits include:
• Cloud Code: Add custom logic, integrate with other AWS services, and extend pre-built game features
• Test Harness: Quickly validate Cloud Code logic directly in the console
• Messaging: Send messages and events between game clients and Amazon GameSparks over WebSocket connections
• Integration with AWS Lambda: Invoke AWS Lambda functions from Cloud Code to access any AWS service
• Integration with DynamoDB: Connect to Amazon DynamoDB from Cloud Code to store and manage game data

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/gametech/amazon-gamesparks/