2026/01/29 - 3 updated api methods
Changes Amazon GameLift Servers now supports automatic scaling to and from zero instances based on game session activity. Fleets scale down to zero following a defined period of no game session activity and scale up from zero when game sessions are requested, providing an option for cost optimization.
2026/01/22 - 4 updated api methods
Changes Amazon GameLift Servers Realtime now supports Node.js 24.x runtime on the Amazon Linux 2023 operating system.
2025/11/06 - 11 updated api methods
Changes Amazon GameLift Servers now supports game builds that use the Windows 2022 operating system.
2025/06/24 - 2 updated api methods
Changes Add support for UDP ping beacons to ListLocations API, including new PingBeacon and UDPEndpoint data types within its Locations return value. Use UDP ping beacon endpoints to help measure real-time network latency for multiplayer games.
2025/03/27 - 9 updated api methods
Changes Amazon GameLift Servers add support for additional instance types.
2025/01/14 - 3 updated api methods
Changes Amazon GameLift releases a new game session placement feature: PriorityConfigurationOverride. You can now override how a game session queue prioritizes placement locations for a single StartGameSessionPlacement request.
2025/01/02 - 1 new 5 updated api methods
Changes Amazon GameLift releases a new game session shutdown feature. Use the Amazon GameLift console or AWS CLI to terminate an in-progress game session that's entered a bad state or is no longer needed.
2024/11/12 - 9 new 11 updated api methods
Changes Amazon GameLift releases container fleets support for general availability. Deploy Linux-based containerized game server software for hosting on Amazon GameLift.
2024/09/05 - 1 updated api methods
Changes Amazon GameLift provides additional events for tracking the fleet creation process.
2024/04/24 - 4 new 10 updated api methods
Changes Amazon GameLift releases container fleets support for public preview. Deploy Linux-based containerized game server software for hosting on Amazon GameLift.