March 5 Gaming Webinar
Microsoft Gaming Experts discuss how to leverage PlayFab, Azure Cloud, GenAI, Copilot, GitHub and other Microsoft platforms/capabilities, to design, create and enhance your own Game Experience/Vision. You will learn how to use ID@Xbox to self-publish and gain access into the global Xbox community/audience.
The content will be extremely valuable as you prepare to attend the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco in mid-March. Plus all webinar attendees receive priority for scheduling one-on-one meetings with Microsoft staff at GDC.
Scroll down to see agenda. Click on the speaker’s name to view their Linkedin profile, and session titles for additional information. There is time for live interaction/Q&A with the speakers so have your questions ready. CPE credit hours are provided.
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Date/Time: March 5, 1 pm ET
Speakers, Topics, Agenda
1 pm ET Ron Gerber, CEO Angelbeat
Angelbeat Overview and Introductory Comments
1:05 pm Dan Gartner, Director Application Innovation and Gaming, Microsoft
AI For Gaming
AI and Machine Learning (ML) dramatically accelerates the development of gaming applications. Microsoft solutions can automate manual game-balance testing workflows to train your gaming AI, find efficiencies, plus identify and predict patterns. Some specific capabilities to be discussed include:
Predict player behavior: Know what your players are going to do before they do it. Automate fraud detection, prevent cheating, and predict future trends like churn and lifetime value; with Azure Machine Learning, you don’t need a data science background.
Protect your community: Using advanced machine learning and next generation AI, Community Sift enables the classification and moderation of usernames, text, images, videos, and voice interactions, catching the most clear-cut violations of your community standards.
Support your players with bots: Using the information gleaned through Cognitive Services translation and transcription, build out automated customer support bots that do the heavy lifting in helping your playerbase—so you don’t need an army of content moderators and customer support personnel.
Dan will also discuss the GitHub repository, which provides tools, schemas, and samples to empower game creators that are optimizing their games for Xbox game streaming.
1:35 pm Chloé Giusti, ID@Xbox Americas Lead, Microsoft
Self-Publishing your Game with ID@Xbox
The ID@Xbox Program enables qualified game developers of all sizes to unleash their creativity by self-publishing games on Xbox console, Windows, and Cloud, giving studios the tools and support needed to maximize their success.
Whether you're a solo dev or a large studio, Xbox has the right programs to help you launch your game, reach millions of players and collaborate with the Xbox developer community.
Some of the specific items covered during this highly relevant session include:
Overview and Global Reach of the ID@Xbox program
ID@Xbox Developer Acceleration Program
Application Process
2:05 pm Sravya Antharam, Senior Product Manager PlayFab @ Xbox, Microsoft
PlayFab: The Online Services Powering Today's Biggest Games
PlayFab hosts more than 2.5 billion player accounts in over 5000 games, providing you with everything you need to build and operate a live game. This informative, technical and highly relevant talk will cover these three important capabilities:
Multiplayer Services: Bringing Players Together
LiveOps: Run your Game as a Service
Data & Analytics: Understand and React to Player Behavior
2:35 pm Nahuel Beni, Head of Gaming Practice, Southworks
Southworks will go through real-life customer stories, showcasing how they've successfully deployed customer workloads in the cloud, and implemented Microsoft solutions in the gaming industry.
