Aug 21, 2024   SOURCE: PR NewsWire

New PubNub SDKs provide real-time chat, engagement, and monetization features to Unreal and Unity developers

With PubNub's new Unreal and Unity SDKs, game developers can quickly add real-time player and community experiences to their PC, console, and mobile games.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- PubNub, the leading platform for building, managing, and monetizing real-time apps, has announced the launch of three powerful new SDKs: the Unreal SDK, Unreal Chat SDK, and Unity Chat SDK. These releases will be available for preview at Gamescom 2024, 21-23 August in Cologne, Germany.

Bringing the Power of PubNub to Unreal Engine

PubNub's Unreal SDK is a game-changer for developers using the Unreal Engine, allowing them to easily create interactive real-time experiences that drive player engagement and retention. This SDK provides access to PubNub's robust real-time platform--a single solution providing all the building blocks for creating interactive features, as well as PubNub Illuminate, a real-time decisioning and analytics solution that lets product managers observe and affect game dynamics as they happen. Features include:

    --  In-game and lobby chat
    --  Leaderboards, scoring systems, and challenges
    --  Friend, party, guild, clan, and alliance lists
    --  Matchmaking
    --  Multiplayer sync
    --  In-game auctions
    --  Player trading
    --  Game balancing and live, targeted experiments
    --  Triggered game actions and promotions

Elevating In-Game Communication with Chat SDKs for Unreal and Unity

The Unreal and Unity Chat SDKs simplify the creation of custom chat experiences by including built-in features that integrate seamlessly with a game's UI. The new SDKs also integrate with PubNub's BizOps Workspace which provides no-code tools to easily moderate and manage chat. Key features include:

    --  Send and receive messages, emojis, links, and files
    --  Forward, quote, or pin messages
    --  Message Read receipts
    --  Unread message count
    --  Typing indicators
    --  Users' last online status
    --  @Mentions
    --  Moderation

About PubNub

PubNub is a single platform to build, manage, and monetize real-time interactive experiences in any app, regardless of purpose, scale, or complexity. Founded in 2010, 2000+ companies including Pocket Gems, Beamable, Scopely, and Gameloft rely on PubNub to deliver a comprehensive set of core building blocks to easily build engaging live experiences that are secure, scalable, compliant, and engaging.

For more information, visit us at: https://www.pubnub.com.

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