Weekly freshness sweep (2026-07)

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Summary

This sweep checked all 8 platforms against official sources for material changes since each entry's lastUpdated. One platform had verified material changes: brainCloud, whose 6.0 release (June 2026) was not reflected in the data fields (though aiFeatures and the AI capabilities file already referenced 6.0).

Changes made

brainCloud (lastUpdated bumped from 2026-02 → 2026-07)

All changes are sourced from the official brainCloud 6.0 release announcement: https://updates.braincloudservers.com/braincloud-6-0-with-brainbot-is-here-1x54Sk

Field	Change	Source
multiplatformSDK	Changed "Godot (via C#)" to "Godot 4 (GDScript and C#)"; added visionOS as a first-class native platform	brainCloud 6.0 release
guildsClans	Added Group Tournaments: clans/guilds can now compete as unified entities with shared scores and division-based leaderboards	brainCloud 6.0 release
strengths[1]	Updated Godot mention from "(via C#)" to "(GDScript and C#)" to match the multiplatformSDK change	brainCloud 6.0 release
sources	Added brainCloud 6.0 release URL	—

Platforms with no changes

• Metaplay (2026-06): No material changes found since June 2026.
• PlayFab (2026-06): API additions and deprecation cleanup only; no new feature categories.
• Heroic Labs (2026-02): Nakama v3.37–v3.39 (Feb–May 2026) added Apple JWS receipt support and runtime utilities — incremental improvements to existing features, not material for the comparison.
• AWS GameLift (2026-06): Free network bandwidth (June 15, 2026) already captured in the entry.
• Unity Gaming Services (2026-06): China services end-of-access is regional; no feature changes.
• Colyseus (2026-02): Post-0.17 changes (April 2026) were Vite plugin improvements, not material.
• AccelByte (2026-06): Chat V2 blog post referenced in search is from 2023 and already reflected; no new material changes.

Neutrality confirmation

All edits are factual descriptions of documented platform capabilities. No marketing superlatives or AI-tell words are present. The brainCloud entry continues to list honest limitations. Every claim is backed by the official brainCloud 6.0 release source linked above.

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