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Google has unveiled a new purpose-built storage interface designed to improve how development teams store game data. Open Saves -- developed in partnership with 2K -- will give game developers the ability to store different types of data without having to decide which type of storage solution to use. Game data typically needs different back-end storage solutions, whether it's for in-game saves, player inventory or developer updates such as patches and downloadable content. Open Saves also optimises data based on access frequency and data size utilising a built-in caching system. Data stored ...

Google Cloud and 2K Games have launched a new cloud-native game storage system called Open Saves. Open Saves will provide a way for game developers to store game data without having to choose between storage solutions such as Cloud Storage, Memorystore, or Firestore, and is described as "an open source purpose-built single interface for multiple storage back ends that’s powered by Google Cloud." The interface has been "designed with extensibility in mind," and can be integrated into a variety of titles on a range of platforms -- whether mobile or console, multiplayer or single-player -- r...