[comparegamebackends-updates]

Summary

Sourced updates for 5 platforms based on official documentation, release notes, and vendor announcements. Every edit is backed by a primary source link; no claim is inferred or extrapolated.

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Metaplay — lastUpdated bumped to 2026-09

ai-capabilities.ts · devTooling

• Removed "The Agent is in public preview." — the Metaplay Agent reached general availability in SDK Release 38 (August 2026), per the official agent docs.
• Source: https://docs.metaplay.io/miscellaneous/ai-assistants/metaplay-agent.html

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Heroic Labs — lastUpdated bumped to 2026-09

analytics — description updated; source changed to the Satori Analytics product page.

• Satori gained built-in Analytics Dashboards (2026) displaying player counts, retention, RoAS, and revenue with filtering by geography, platform, version, and experiment variant.
• Source: https://heroiclabs.com/satori/analytics/

customDashboards — description updated; source changed to the Analytics Dashboards announcement post.

• Custom dashboard builder now supports Metrics, Funnels, Experiments, and Retention widgets. Funnels track where players drop off across flows such as tutorials and purchases.
• Source: https://heroiclabs.com/blog/satori-analytics-dashboards/index.html

managedServices — description updated; source unchanged (official Heroic Cloud docs).

• Heroic Cloud 2.0 added enterprise SSO and SAML authentication (Okta, Azure AD, Google Workspace) and title-based organization for multi-game studios.
• Source: https://heroiclabs.com/docs/heroic-cloud/concepts/introduction/

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AWS GameLift — lastUpdated bumped to 2026-09

multiplatformSDK — Unreal Engine version range updated from 4.26, 5.0-5.6 to 5.0-5.8; Unreal 4.26 is no longer listed in the official supported-engines page. Unreal 5.7 and 5.8 support was added in 2026.

• Source: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/gameliftservers/latest/developerguide/gamelift-supported.html

cheatProtection — description and source updated to reflect the native GameLift DDoS Protection feature (launched March 2026), which is distinct from AWS Shield. It co-locates a relay network alongside game servers, authenticates client traffic with access tokens, and enforces per-player traffic limits at no additional cost.

• Source: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/03/amazon-gamelift-servers-ddos-protection/

sources array — Added DDoS Protection (March 2026) entry.

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Colyseus — lastUpdated bumped to 2026-09

multiplayer — description updated; source changed to the 0.18 release post.

• Version 0.18 (August 2026) adds built-in client-side prediction, rollback, interpolation, and lag compensation for action games.
• Source: https://colyseus.io/blog/colyseus-018-is-here/

multiplatformSDK — description updated to add Godot, GameMaker, Flutter, MonoGame, and Native SDK (C), all added in version 0.18. Source unchanged (official SDK list page).

• Source: https://docs.colyseus.io/getting-started

platforms — added 'godot' to the array (official Godot SDK shipped in 0.18).

sources array — Added Colyseus 0.18 (client prediction, new SDKs) entry.

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brainCloud — lastUpdated bumped to 2026-09

multiplatformSDK — description updated; source unchanged. The existing "Godot (via C#)" entry now reads "Godot 4 via both C# and native GDScript" — brainCloud ships an official native GDScript SDK for Godot 4 (Apache 2.0, getbraincloud/braincloud-gdscript on GitHub).

• Source: https://github.com/getbraincloud/braincloud-gdscript

sources array — Added GDScript SDK entry.

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No changes made to

• PlayFab (lastUpdated 2026-06): No verifiable material changes since June 2026.
• Unity Gaming Services (lastUpdated 2026-06): No verifiable material changes since June 2026.
• AccelByte (lastUpdated 2026-06): No verifiable material changes since June 2026.
• architecture.ts: No architectural dimension changes warranted by the above updates.

Checklist

• Every new or changed claim has a sourceUrl to official/primary documentation ✓
• Neutral and factual tone — no banned superlatives or AI-tell words ✓
• lastUpdated bumped on all changed entries ✓
• Only lib/backends.ts and lib/ai-capabilities.ts edited ✓

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