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Articles about multiplayer game development, from player state sync to social features like chat.

5 Essential Features for In-Game Chat Players Will Love
GamingOct 26, 2022

5 Essential Features for In-Game Chat Players Will Love

When it comes to in-game chat, players have expectations based on their everyday experiences with chat apps. Here are five standard features to make in-game chat your players will love to use.
Oliver Carson
Oliver Carson
Developer Advocate, PubNub
Add PubNub to Your Unity Game to Power Online Features
GamingOct 25, 2022

Add PubNub to Your Unity Game to Power Online Features

Game Developers depend on PubNub’s secure, low latency, and reliable communication network to power their online features.
Oliver Carson
Oliver Carson
Developer Advocate, PubNub
Connected Digital Experiences: A Developer’s Guide
GamingJul 13, 2022

Connected Digital Experiences: A Developer’s Guide

In an everyone online world with high expectations, there’s a driving force transforming how we build software, and how humans interact with each other.

Michael Carroll
Michael Carroll
Content Writer, PubNub
Multiplayer Game Chat Room Tutorial for Unity
GamingFeb 12, 2021

Multiplayer Game Chat Room Tutorial for Unity

How to build a multiplayer, in-game chat room with Unity and PubNub, allowing multiple users to chat in real time.
Chandler Mayo
Chandler Mayo
Solution Engineer, PubNub
Infographic: Friendship (and Love) through In-Game Chat
GamingApr 3, 2020

Infographic: Friendship (and Love) through In-Game Chat

Players embrace video games as a way to connect with others.  We asked avid gamers about the relationships they’ve formed through gaming. Here's what we found out.
Eric Grossman
Eric Grossman
Content Marketing Manager
5 Ways To Leverage Player Chat Data
GamingMar 27, 2020

5 Ways To Leverage Player Chat Data

Leveraging in-game chat data will allow you to improve your community, solve player frustrations, grow your player-base, and level up your live Ops.
Eric Grossman
Eric Grossman
Content Marketing Manager
Create a React Native App with PubNub | ATC Game Part 2
GamingOct 1, 2019

Create a React Native App with PubNub | ATC Game Part 2

Create a real-time React Native app using PubNub and Redux in the second part of my Air Traffic Control game development series.

Luke Heavens
Luke Heavens
Developer Relations Engineer, PubNub
Create a Node.js Application with PubNub | ATC Game Part 1
GamingOct 1, 2019

Create a Node.js Application with PubNub | ATC Game Part 1

Create a real-time Node.js server application using PubNub in this first post of my Air Traffic Control game development series.

Luke Heavens
Luke Heavens
Developer Relations Engineer, PubNub
New Feature Release: Message Counts API
GamingMar 15, 2019

New Feature Release: Message Counts API

Determine unread message counts for chat apps and more with ease using the new Message Counts API.

Jeremy Pollock
Jeremy Pollock
Director of Product Management, PubNub