Photon CTO Christof Wegmann breaks down 7 years of building a distributed, server-authoritative MMO backend in Go, where players cross machine boundaries with no loading screens, no portals, and no visible seams.
Fusion 2.1 Stable is out for Unity, with Forecast Physics for lower-cost networked physics, Object Priority for bandwidth control, configurable Shared Mode tickrates, Input Delay, Large Data RPCs, and reconnect improvements.
Photon and Metaplay released a free 36-page whitepaper on building multiplayer live service games in 2026, covering networking models, LiveOps and progression systems, and case studies from Future Run and Antihero Studios.
Photon's multiplayer pricing is based on peak CCU, not bandwidth or server hours, with a 100 CCU free tier, flat rates up to 2,000 CCU, a 48-hour burst grace period, and linear per-CCU pricing beyond that.
Photon passed its ISO 27001:2022 audit under TÜV Rheinland with zero deviations, covering infrastructure hardening, access controls, and incident response across its multiplayer and enterprise platforms.
Photon's WebGL guide for game jams recommends Fusion Shared Authority for fast, low-CPU multiplayer prototyping, and Quantum's deterministic simulation for precision-critical games, with free samples for both
Photon's new Fusion Plus and Quantum Plus packages combine the 100 CCU free tier with a $95/year paid tier for 200 CCU per month, sold through the Unity Asset Store and redeemed via voucher in the dashboard.
Standard webhooks for Photon Fusion and Quantum are now free in both Public and Premium Cloud, covering session validation, player join/leave logging, remote replay capture, and match-result reporting to external backends.
A decade after Photon TrueSync's first attempt at deterministic multiplayer, Photon Quantum 3 is now Unity Verified, offering input/physics rollback, deterministic ECS, and a free tier up to 100 concurrent users.
Fusion Starter packages three Unity multiplayer samples on Photon Fusion: a third-person controller using Simple KCC, a coin-collecting platformer with RPC nameplates, and a shooter using Fusion's Lag Compensation.