Epic Games announced the launch of Epic Online Services allowing developers to effortlessly scale games and unify player communities.
The services are completely free offering developers a single SDK to quickly and easily launch, operate, and scale games across engines, stores, and platforms.
"At Epic, we believe in open, integrated platforms and in the future of gaming being a highly social and connected experience," said Chris Dyl, General Manager, Online Services, Epic Games. "Through Epic Online Services, we strive to help build a user-friendly ecosystem for both developers and players, where creators can benefit regardless of how they choose to build and publish their games, and where players can play games with their friends and enjoy the same quality experience regardless of the hardware they own."
The new initiative provides an essential set of backend services for a game to work on any platform or store. You can selectively mix and match Game Services together with any other services, plus authenticate players with the OpenID identity provider of their choice or with any of the included out-of-the-box integrations.
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You can learn more here.