Preparation for Release v1.44.0

[kamaljeeti]

What type of PR is this?

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/kind breaking
/kind bug
/kind cleanup
/kind documentation
/kind feature
/kind hotfix

/kind release

What this PR does / Why we need it:

Which issue(s) this PR fixes:

Closes #3968

Special notes for your reviewer:

[agones-bot]

Build Succeeded 🥳

Build Id: cf65ab0e-4fc4-44ef-a56f-081906205811

The following development artifacts have been built, and will exist for the next 30 days:

• image: us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/ci/agones-controller:1.44.0-dev-61bb606
• image: us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/ci/agones-extensions:1.44.0-dev-61bb606
• image: us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/ci/agones-sdk:1.44.0-dev-61bb606-linux
• image: us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/ci/agones-ping:1.44.0-dev-61bb606
• image: us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/ci/agones-allocator:1.44.0-dev-61bb606
• Linux C++ SDK (build): agonessdk-1.44.0-dev-61bb606-linux-arch_64.tar.gz
• SDK Server: agonessdk-server-1.44.0-dev-61bb606.zip

A preview of the website (the last 30 builds are retained):

• https://61bb606-dot-preview-dot-agones-images.appspot.com/

To install this version:

git fetch https://github.com/googleforgames/agones.git pull/3975/head:pr_3975 && git checkout pr_3975
helm install agones ./install/helm/agones --namespace agones-system --set agones.image.registry=us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/ci --set agones.image.tag=1.44.0-dev-61bb606

[agones-bot]

Build Succeeded 🥳

Build Id: 3c61c478-890d-4ece-8778-0cea33215b7b

The following development artifacts have been built, and will exist for the next 30 days:

• image: us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/ci/agones-controller:1.44.0-dev-9621440
• image: us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/ci/agones-extensions:1.44.0-dev-9621440
• image: us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/ci/agones-sdk:1.44.0-dev-9621440-linux
• image: us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/ci/agones-ping:1.44.0-dev-9621440
• image: us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/ci/agones-allocator:1.44.0-dev-9621440
• Linux C++ SDK (build): agonessdk-1.44.0-dev-9621440-linux-arch_64.tar.gz
• SDK Server: agonessdk-server-1.44.0-dev-9621440.zip

A preview of the website (the last 30 builds are retained):

• https://9621440-dot-preview-dot-agones-images.appspot.com/

To install this version:

git fetch https://github.com/googleforgames/agones.git pull/3975/head:pr_3975 && git checkout pr_3975
helm install agones ./install/helm/agones --namespace agones-system --set agones.image.registry=us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/ci --set agones.image.tag=1.44.0-dev-9621440

[agones-bot]

Build Succeeded 🥳

Build Id: 0e6ebaa8-42f0-418b-89e3-7ae0e1942dcd

The following development artifacts have been built, and will exist for the next 30 days:

• image: us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/ci/agones-controller:1.44.0-dev-e9c8eb5
• image: us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/ci/agones-extensions:1.44.0-dev-e9c8eb5
• image: us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/ci/agones-sdk:1.44.0-dev-e9c8eb5-linux
• image: us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/ci/agones-ping:1.44.0-dev-e9c8eb5
• image: us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/ci/agones-allocator:1.44.0-dev-e9c8eb5
• Linux C++ SDK (build): agonessdk-1.44.0-dev-e9c8eb5-linux-arch_64.tar.gz
• SDK Server: agonessdk-server-1.44.0-dev-e9c8eb5.zip

A preview of the website (the last 30 builds are retained):

• https://e9c8eb5-dot-preview-dot-agones-images.appspot.com/

To install this version:

git fetch https://github.com/googleforgames/agones.git pull/3975/head:pr_3975 && git checkout pr_3975
helm install agones ./install/helm/agones --namespace agones-system --set agones.image.registry=us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/ci --set agones.image.tag=1.44.0-dev-e9c8eb5