Weekly freshness sweep (2026-08)

[comparegamebackends-updates]

Summary

Sourced updates from official documentation across 6 platforms. Every change below links to a primary official source. All edits pass the neutrality check (no banned superlatives or AI-tell words).

Changes by platform

Heroic Labs — lastUpdated 2026-02 → 2026-08

iapValidation: Added Samsung Galaxy Store to the list of validated stores. Nakama v3.40.0 (July 13, 2026) added Samsung Galaxy Store IAP validation.

• Source: https://github.com/heroiclabs/nakama/releases/tag/v3.40.0

analytics: Added Funnel Analysis, which visualises player drop-off across onboarding, purchases, and feature adoption. Added in Satori v2.1.9 (April 27, 2026).

• Source: https://heroiclabs.com/docs/satori/concepts/introduction/release-notes/

customDashboards: Updated to reflect the new Satori Analytics Dashboard (v2.2.0, June 18, 2026) with configurable custom charts and geographic visualisation.

• Source: https://heroiclabs.com/docs/satori/concepts/introduction/release-notes/

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AWS GameLift — lastUpdated 2026-06 → 2026-08

multiplatformSDK: Updated Unreal Engine range from "5.0-5.6" to "5.0-5.8". Unreal Engine 5.8 support shipped with the Unreal Plugin 3.4.0 / Server SDK C++ 5.6.0 release on August 4, 2026.

• Source: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/gameliftservers/latest/developerguide/release-notes.html

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Unity Gaming Services — lastUpdated 2026-06 → 2026-08

chat: Updated Vivox description to add Nintendo Switch 2 support (SDK v16.6.3) and Real Time Recording, which streams voice data to external services in real time.

• Source: https://docs.unity.com/en-us/vivox-unity/release-notes

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Colyseus — lastUpdated 2026-02 → 2026-08

multiplayer: Added automatic reconnection support introduced in Colyseus 0.17 (February 6, 2026). This feature preserves client callbacks and state listeners during abnormal disconnects. It was not captured in the previous entry despite the same-month lastUpdated.

• Source: https://colyseus.io/blog/colyseus-017-is-here/

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brainCloud — lastUpdated 2026-02 → 2026-08

multiplatformSDK: Updated Godot SDK entry from "via C#" to "via C# and GDScript" — native GDScript support was added in brainCloud 6.0 (June 2026).

• Source: https://updates.braincloudservers.com

aiFeatures (backends.ts) + aiCapabilities (architecture.ts) + devTooling (ai-capabilities.ts): Added the brainCloud MCP server announced July 2026, which lets AI coding tools connect to a brainCloud account via OAuth to manage apps and write cloud code.

• Source: https://updates.braincloudservers.com

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AccelByte — lastUpdated 2026-06 → 2026-08

multiplatformSDK: Updated to note Unreal Engine 5.8 support, added in AGS 2026.4.0 (July 3, 2026).

• Source: https://docs.accelbyte.io/gaming-services/knowledge-base/release-notes/ags-2026.4.0/

aiFeatures (backends.ts) + aiCapabilities (architecture.ts) + devTooling (ai-capabilities.ts): Added AccelByte Teammate (August 20, 2026), an AI agent skill for Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor that performs integration health checks, SDK upgrade impact analysis, and infrastructure sizing reviews.

• Source: https://accelbyte.io/blog/meet-accelbyte-ai-teammate

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Not changed

• Metaplay: CLI releases and blog posts since June 2026 are operational updates; no comparison-matrix data changed.
• PlayFab: New IP ban Admin APIs (Aug 5) refine an already-described capability; no material description change warranted.

Reviewer checklist

• Every changed claim has a sourceUrl to official/primary documentation (links listed above).
• Tone is neutral and factual — no banned superlatives or AI-tell words.
• lastUpdated bumped on all changed entries.
• Only lib/backends.ts, lib/architecture.ts, and lib/ai-capabilities.ts were edited.

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