Amazon GameLift adds support for containers to the Unreal Engine and Unity plugins

We are thrilled to announce that Amazon GameLift now supports creating managed container fleets directly through our Unreal Engine plugin and Unity plugin!

On November 13, 2024, Amazon GameLift unveiled the general availability of container support, empowering developers to build, deploy, and run game servers packaged for containers seamlessly. This feature enables end-to-end development of containerized workloads, supporting deployment and scaling on-premises, in the cloud, or in hybrid configurations. This release allows developers to iterate faster, allowing updates to container fleets from within the plugin user interface, adding usability improvements that make it easier to setup, configure, and deploy container fleets when using Unity and Unreal Engine.

With this launch, we extend support for creating container fleets within our game engine plugins.

Customer benefits

• Simplified Container Fleet Deployment in Plugins
  • Enhanced plugin UI with guided steps to deploy container fleets quickly using default configurations.
  • A progress bar to track deployment stages, save progress automatically, and resume effortlessly.
• Improved AWS Credential Setup
  • Redesigned AWS profile page with how-to guides and links to resources, simplifying the process of creating and accessing AWS credentials.
• Enhanced ‘Anywhere’ and ‘Managed EC2’ Fleet Experience
  • User-friendly improvements for creating custom compute Fleets with default configurations, helpful tips, and quick access to related resources.
• Added plugin support for Unreal Engine versions 5.4 and 5.5.

These updates make it easier than ever for developers to leverage the power of Amazon GameLift for building and scaling multiplayer games.

Get Started Today!

• Download the latest Amazon GameLift plugin for Unreal Engine: Download Here
• Download the latest Amazon GameLift plugin for Unity: Download Here
• Check out the Release Notes for more information.

Thank you for your time,

Sachin Gupta | Sr. PM-T, Amazon GameLift