Enhance your 3D audio
Achieve your artistic goals with wave-based acoustics that model effects like diffraction, portaling, and reverberation with the Project Acoustics engine.
Content Creation
Artwork and sound are important details that help immerse the player in your game.
Add graphics and audio to your game
Games are more than just code. Artwork and sound are important details that help immerse the player in your game, and we have tools to help you achieve the right level of detail.
Optimize 3D assets for any platform
All devices have variable graphic performance and all 3D data is different—so adapt your 3D assets to run smoothly on any platform with Simplygon, used either as a desktop application or a fully automated pipeline.
Optimize in-game physics
Access world-class physics solutions for video games and real-time collision detection and dynamics of rigid bodies in three dimensions with Havok Physics.
NPCs that intelligently react
Create characters that understand and intelligently react to the world around them with Havok AI’s navigation mesh generation, which provides real-time adaptive navigation within dynamic environments using a highly optimized runtime.
Design your game with UX best practices
Move to the next level with the Game UX Master Guide, brought to you by Microsoft’s partnership with veterans in the industry to cover design for 2D and 3D, fundamentals in UX design, and more in-depth topics.
Bigger and more intricate worlds
Create realistic worlds with intricate geometry, high resolution textures, and mesh shaders with the power of DirectX 12.
Customer success stories
Gaming company provides streaming for retro games on Azure
Customer Story
Gamers today can play nostalgic video games from the past, thanks to Antstream Arcade’s online streaming service.
beanfun! Building an Open Source API Platform
Customer Story
beanfun! combines Azure & Open Source technologies to simplify development, deployment & integration with partners
PlayFab and pixiv get creative with new app
Customer Story
pixiv Inc. helps over 40 million users with an illustration communication platform
Blog posts
Microsoft acquires Two Hat, leader in content moderation
Article // Oct 29, 2021
We’re excited to announce Microsoft’s acquisition of Two Hat, a leader in content moderation solutions.
A walk in the park with Poly: Simplygon SDK
Article // Sep 7, 2021
A part of the Microsoft Game Stack family, Simplygon is for world makers, artists, and creators.
Creating an online event in times of quarantine — part II
Article // Jun 15, 2020
The cancellation of physical events in 2020 motivated us to come up with a new approach.