PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds has moved their game servers from Amazon to Microsoft

Will Azure offer any gameplay improvements over Amazon Web Services?

| Source: Windows Central Author: Mark Campbell

PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds has moved their game servers from Amazon to Microsoft

During the company's Q3 earnings call, Microsoft's CEO, Satya Nadella, stated that PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) has moved from Amazon's Web Services to Microsoft Azure for its cloud/server needs while also stating that the game's upcoming Xbox One version would be a "console exclusive".

This now places PUBG in the same server realm as Titanfall, Hitman, Halo:5 Guardians and Forza Motorsport 7, with Microsoft likely offering their infrastructure at a discounted price (compared to AWS) as part of their partnership with PUBG Corp.





Gaming pushes the boundaries of hardware and software innovation, with some of the most CPU and GPU-intensive applications and content, giving us a huge opportunity in the cloud. As one example, PUBG Corp., with the hit game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, is not only partnering to make Xbox the exclusive console at launch, but is also running on Azure.

An Xbox One version of PUBG is expected to release soon, with the game being expected to launch with enhancements for the Xbox One X. The game will launch as an Xbox One Preview, which means that like the PC version the Xbox release of the game is expected to be improved over time until the game officially releases at a later date.



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