Gaming Platform Resilience

The Challenge

A leading gaming platform was preparing for the launch of a highly anticipated tournament with expected viewership of over 2 million concurrent users. Previous launches had been marred by DDoS attacks from competitors and bad actors, resulting in player frustration and revenue loss. They needed a solution that could handle both legitimate traffic spikes and malicious attacks.

Our Approach

• Stress tested existing infrastructure to establish baseline capacity
• Identified critical game server and matchmaking service vulnerabilities
• Designed hybrid protection combining cloud-based scrubbing with edge security
• Created dynamic scaling policies for both legitimate and attack traffic

Implementation

• Deployed global anycast network to distribute traffic across multiple regions
• Implemented intelligent traffic analysis to distinguish players from attackers
• Set up dedicated game server protection with protocol-aware filtering
• Created real-time dashboards for operations team during launch
• Established direct communication channel with ISPs for rapid response

Results

• Maintained 99.99% uptime during tournament weekend
• Successfully handled 2.3 million concurrent players (15% above projection)
• Mitigated 47 separate DDoS attacks ranging from 50Gbps to 300Gbps
• Zero reported latency impact for legitimate players