Game Delivery Solution
Combining content acceleration, protection, edge computing, and streaming technologies, CDNetworks delivers the fastest, most immersive, and most reliable gaming experience to players around the world.
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CHALLENGES
The Challenges of Delivering Modern Games
As player expectations continue to rise, gaming platforms must overcome increasingly complex challenges in performance, scalability, security, and monetization to deliver exceptional gaming experiences.
Powering Every Stage of Game Delivery
CDNetworks guarantees that your game software and patches remain consistently accessible through our resilient storage solutions and scalable, high-performance delivery network, which have been specifically optimized for gaming and other file-based content. Leveraging our extensive global network of Points of Presence (PoPs) strategically located near your players, coupled with advanced features like Tiered Caching, Prefetching, and File Integrity, CDNetworks’ download delivery service ensures a fast, reliable download experience. This not only keeps your game players engaged, but also helps you achieve your business objectives with confidence.
CDNetworks deploys Edge GPU instances globally to deliver exceptional screen rendering and low-latency performance for cloud gaming. By leveraging extensive bandwidth and low latency, CDNetworks ensures a high-quality cloud gaming experience. Edge GPUs also reduce hardware requirements for end users, making cloud gaming more accessible to a wider audience. This approach allows the platform to effortlessly scale and distribute games, meeting the demanding needs of modern cloud gaming.
CDNetworks enables cost-effective game streaming by providing 8K streaming for ultra-high-definition video content, ensuring an unparalleled immersive visual experience without buffering. Our low-latency protocols synchronize actions and reactions in real-time, maintaining an interactive and competitive environment. This not only fosters a vibrant gaming community and cultivates game culture, but also offers significant benefits for gaming platforms by aligning their interests with those of gamers and thereby growing their audience efficiently. Additionally, our support for the H.266 codec and proprietary LBHD technology further enhances efficiency by slashing bandwidth costs while delivering high-quality streams.
8K Ultra High Definition
CDNetworks’ End-to-End 8K solution addresses the challenges of high transmission requirements for 8K video, meeting the growing demand for high-definition experiences in gaming and esports.
H.266 Encoding
Whether you require immersive video streaming, online video gaming, or event launching, you can rely on CDNetworks to deliver a superior viewing experience to your audience.
LBHD
By fine-tuning and adjusting bitrate based on video content, CDNetworks’ proprietary Low Bandwidth High Definition technology cuts bandwidth costs while providing users with optimal viewing experiences.
Low Latency Protocols
We support a broad range of input and output protocols, including WebRTC/SRT, RTMP, HTTP-FLV, HLS, and DASH, to facilitate your stream ingest and distribution requirements.
CDNetworks enables gaming e-commerce platforms to manage spikes in traffic, enhance browsing, and provide smooth shopping experiences through a robust CDN, image processing, virtual waiting rooms, and personalized recommendations. These capabilities promote impulsive purchases, boost user engagement, increase conversion rates, and ultimately drive greater sales.
Flexible Image Processing
We offer flexible image processing to support various monetization methods for platforms, ensuring seamless multi-device display and intelligent caching. This reduces loads, saves on bandwidth costs, and increases sales conversion.
Virtual Waiting Room
This player-centric service efficiently manages surge requests, maintains site performance, and guides visitors with estimated wait times, enhancing their purchasing experience and increasing sales.
Personalized Recommendation
Leveraging advanced CDN technologies, CDNetworks enables CDN edge PoPs to deliver tailored content. This enhances platforms with a more personalized purchasing experience, leading to greater engagement, sales, and brand loyalty.
To address the numerous security challenges faced by gaming platforms, CDNetworks offers Flood Shield 2.0. This solution defends against frequent DDoS attacks while providing comprehensive WAAP protection. It effectively mitigates risks such as software vulnerabilities, account takeover fraud, and bad bot traffic to ensure robust security and a smoother user experience while maintaining the platform’s integrity against malicious activities. This protection is effective in both web and mobile app scenarios.
TYPICAL SCENARIOS
Key Game Delivery Use Cases
Quickly distribute large game files and updates to ensure players have immediate access to new content, easily handle high concurrency requests, and keep engagement high.
Enable high-quality gaming experiences without requiring players to have high-end hardware, making gaming more accessible.
Stream real-time, high-resolution gameplay to a broad audience, allowing gaming enthusiasts to share experiences live and increase community engagement.
Facilitate shopping activities both on websites and within game applications or gaming consoles, utilizing promotions like holiday sales, limited-time offers, and new product discounts to boost spending.
Implement advanced security measures to protect against hacking, cheating, and other threats, ensuring the uninterrupted operation of games and safeguarding of player data.
WHY CDNETWORKS
Built for Modern Gaming Success
End-to-End Gaming Expertise
Support every stage of game delivery with integrated solutions for game downloads, live streaming, cloud gaming, platform security, and promotional events.
Industry-Leading Global Performance
Deliver fast, reliable gaming experiences worldwide through a high-performance global network with leading coverage across APAC.
Intelligent Visibility and Control
Gain real-time insights into traffic, performance, and service health through an intuitive portal and comprehensive monitoring tools.
Dedicated Expertise and Support
Ensure smooth game launches and stable operations with expert services, event support, and regular business reviews.
Case Study
CDNetworks Object Storage Enables Effortless Migration of Game Packages for A Top Entertainment Company
The customer is one of the world’s top game entertainment companies, with nearly 30 years of history and many well-known games that bear its name.
A Leading Game Streaming Company Leveraged CDNetworks Live Streaming Solution
With over 3,000 PoPs spanning the globe, CDNetworks is uniquely positioned to enable game live streaming platforms to deliver real-time content to viewers across the globe in a matter of seconds, reducing viewing latencies.
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