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Amazon GameLift Servers now supports 21 new EC2 instance types

Published
August 7, 2026
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/08/gamelift-ec2-instance-expansion/

Amazon GameLift Servers Update

Amazon GameLift Servers now supports 21 additional Amazon EC2 instance types for managed EC2 fleets and managed container fleets. This expansion provides access to the latest compute-optimized and general-purpose instance families.

Newly Supported Instance Types

  • Compute-optimized C-series: C8a, C8i, C9g
  • General-purpose M-series: M8a, M8i, M9g

Architectures

  • 5th-generation AMD EPYC
  • Custom Intel Xeon 6
  • AWS Graviton5 processors

Use Cases

  • Running CPU-intensive multiplayer game server logic on C-series instances
  • Scaling general-purpose fleets cost-effectively using Graviton5-powered M9g instances

Availability

These instance types are available in Amazon GameLift Servers supported regions, except AWS China.

What to do

Source: AWS release notes




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