In June, we ran our third Mobile Masters event, an esports tournament where both casual and pro mobile game players compete side-by-side for their share of $100,000. Let's meet some of the players. 

Compared to other tournaments they ran in the past, Eden Games reports a 20% increase in retention when real-world prizes were offered via GameOn.

During these office hours, you will be able to ask your technical questions, view live code demos, and discuss your GameOn use case. We will also explore best practices for competition management, real-world prizes, and more.
 

In this blog post, we'll explore the audience watching and playing games, share player vignettes, and give you three tips to engage your players and build community.

In this workshop, developer evangelist Peter Heinrich will share how you can use competition to drive engagement in your game and walk you through the steps to integrate the Amazon GameOn APIs.

Here are the four steps to link your GameOn games and AWS account. Before you begin, make sure you have admin access to your AWS account and that you have your 12-digit AWS account number handy.

Amazon GameOn connects players through friendly competition, but it can also bring developers and brands together in a unique way to engage their audience and reach new customers.

Mindstorm integrated Amazon GameOn into Word Fiends to easily run tournaments with real-world prizes each weekend and saw a huge spike in engagement and monetization.

With benefits like increasing user engagement and retention, it may be an easy decision to incorporate organized competition in your mobile game. But it’s harder to know where to start.
 

We're excited to share that GameOn released another update this week. We've added additional reporting in the console so you can ultimately determine the popularity of your competitions and the level of player engagement.