Microsoft has acquired PlayFab, a game development startup that offloads the burdens associated with cloud-connected gaming for developers, allowing them to focus squarely on creating games. The terms ...

Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. The acquisition comes two years after cloud leader Amazon Web Services released its first gaming tools. Microsoft on Monday announced that it has acquired PlayFab, ...

Microsoft is looking to improve their relationship with game developers as evident by their recent acquisition of PlayFab. For the unaware, PlayFab is a "complete backend platform of services" ...