Review: Kii's Game Cloud
Kii’s Game Cloud recently released the Game Cloud development platform with Unity integration earlier this month at AppsWorld. The company is an end-to-end partner for mobile developers. The official launch of Game Cloud, signified its offering of a new mobile backend platform service for developers and gaming studios to build, distribute, and monetize their games. Ideal for games of all genres, Unity based games (through Kii's integrated Unity SDK), Game Cloud enables developers to turn their game ideas into full-fledged businesses with out-of-the-box services that include cloud backend, player management, social integrations, usage analytics, monetization channels, and publishing/promotion in China and Japan, the largest and best monetized markets respectively for mobile games.
The Game Cloud represents Kii's focus to become the leading backend service for developers who want to build mobile games for a global audience. "We're doubling down on the huge gaming development and distribution opportunities in mobile. According to industry analysts, Asia and Europe combined could take more than 80 percent of the global revenue share for mobile and online games - a market projected to be $60B by 2017," said Masanari Arai, founder and CEO, Kii. "Our Game Cloud service is best positioned as the platform for both independent developers and gaming studios who not only want to build games for global audiences, but also want to succeed in Asia. Developers who don't capture this market of Asian mobile gamers will miss out on a huge growth opportunity."
Game Cloud features:
Cloud based user and data management
Most common "middleware" components
Customizable analytics for mobile games
Globally distributed backend
Monetization channels
Expanded distribution services for China and Japan
"Kii provides a solid foundation and a very complete solution for developers to create engaging games with scalable and easy to manage backends," said David Helgason, CEO, Unity Technologies. "Mobile game developers love what they do, and they want to create successful games. “
About Kii:
Kii provides end-to-end partnerships to mobile developers who want to maximize revenue, gain global distribution, and turn their apps into full-time businesses. It offers a unique combination of cloud technology and distribution services, along with an early stage investment partnership fund designed to help mobile app developers monetize and grow their business, and marketing/distribution in Japan, China, and many other large mobile markets. Led by innovators in mobile and cloud-related technology, Kii is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan with offices in San Mateo, California, Hong Kong, and Shanghai, China.