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.

gaming industry

The gaming industry is undergoing a digital evolution propelled by advancements in real-time technologies. Game players demand timely updates, inclusive engagements, seamless interaction, high-quality graphics, and low-latency performance. These demands create significant challenges for gaming platforms and developers, who must balance rapidly changing technologies and high game player expectations to build long-term loyalty.

    Efficient Distribution

    Gaming platforms require efficient distribution to quickly and securely deliver large game files to a global audience, while minimizing download times.

    Smooth Game Spike

    Games often experience traffic peaks during new releases or events, requiring robust infrastructure to handle sudden spikes in demand.

    Real-time Streaming

    High-quality, low-latency streaming is vital for captivating users and fostering a sense of community.

    Cloud Gaming

    Gaming platforms are exploring edge computing technologies to unlock new possibilities for gamers.

    High Conversion Monetization

    Effective monetization strategies, such as in-game purchases, targeted ads, and limited-time promotions, are critical for maximizing revenue and ensuring long-term growth.

    Reliable Digital Protection

    Robust digital protection is essential for safeguarding player information and company assets.

Typical Scenarios

Game Delivery

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.

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Cloud Gaming

Enable high-quality gaming experiences without requiring players to have high-end hardware, making gaming more accessible.

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Game Streaming

Stream real-time, high-resolution gameplay to a broad audience, allowing gaming enthusiasts to share experiences live and increase community engagement.

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Game E-Commerce Shopping

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.

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Game Security

Implement advanced security measures to protect against hacking, cheating, and other threats, ensuring the uninterrupted operation of games and safeguarding of player data.

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The CDNetworks’ Approaches

Smooth Distribution
Empower Cloud Gaming
Cost-effective Streaming
Enhance Game-Shopping Experience
Comprehensive Protection

Ensure Smooth Distribution

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.

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Empower Cloud Gaming

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.

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Realize Cost-effective Streaming

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.

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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.

Enhance Game-Shopping Experience

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.

Offer Comprehensive Protection

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.

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Why CDNetworks

  • 200,000+
  • Global Servers
  • 2,800+
  • Global CDN PoPs
  • 200+ Tbps
  • CDN Capacity
  • 20+ Tbps
  • Scrubbing Capacity
  • 70+
  • Countries & Regions
  • 40+
  • Scrubbing Centers
  • 1000+ PB
  • Storage Capacity

Why CDNetworks

    Tailored Solutions for Typical Scenarios

    CDNetworks offers a range of tailored solutions and value-added services for gaming platforms to address various scenarios such as game package downloads, updates, live streaming, platform security, game promotions, monetization, and cloud game running. These solutions help platforms create an experience-centric gaming world for players.

    Top CDN Performance & Unparalleled Global Reach

    CDNetworks leads in CDN performance across Asia and beyond, providing optimal performance for gaming platforms to penetrate new markets. This ensures top-tier delivery speed and reliability, enabling platforms to expand their reach and enhance user experiences globally.

    Intuitive Portal & Insightful Business Monitoring

    CDNetworks provides an intuitive portal that helps gaming platforms understand player interests and guides continuous optimization by showing the impact of CDN strategies on operational costs, preventing losses in real-time. Additionally, comprehensive cloud monitoring ensures service availability, detects anomalies, provides timely support, and helps prevent losses.

    Professional Services & Periodical Business Review

    CDNetworks offers extensive Expert Services and Event Support for gaming platforms, aiding companies in managing critical phases of game release and operations. Additionally, we provide periodical enterprise-level support with detailed review reports, including event support, issue resolution, trouble prevention, insights, and usage statistics, enabling companies to quickly understand and monitor their operations effectively.

Customer Stories

    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 2,800 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.

Game Delivery Solution

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