With the rapid development of the gaming industry, players“ demands for gaming experience continue to rise, while facing challenges such as long R&D cycles, complex operations and maintenance, and globalized operations. Relying on years of technical accumulation and practical experience in the gaming field, Tencent Cloud has launched a total solution for the gaming industry, covering the entire life cycle of ”game development, testing, deployment, operation, and security", providing stable, efficient, and secure technical support for gaming enterprises, and helping to create a high-quality gaming experience.
Program core positioning and values
With the core concept of “technology drives innovation, experience defines the future”, Tencent Cloud Gaming Solution provides full-stack services for gaming enterprises by building a technical system of “cloud-native infrastructure + globalized network layout + full-link security protection + intelligent data operation”. services for gaming enterprises. The core value of the program is reflected in:
- R&D Efficiency Improvement: Shorten the game development cycle by more than 30% through cloud-native tools and collaboration platforms to reduce development costs;
- The Ultimate Player Experience: Relying on global nodes and edge computing, it realizes low-latency access to games with a reduced lag rate of 50%;
- Globalized Operations Support: Relying on 280+ available zones globally, it quickly realizes multi-location deployment of the game and reaches players worldwide;
- Safety and Reliability: Full-link security protection system to resist all kinds of network attacks and guarantee the stable operation of the game.
Core technology support and capability system
Tencent cloud game solutions are based on five core technical capabilities to build a service system that covers the entire life cycle of the game:
1. High-performance computing and storage
It provides elastic computing, high-performance storage, GPU acceleration and other resources to meet the high-intensity computing needs of game engine rendering, physical simulation, big data analysis, etc., and supports rapid game iteration and innovation.
2. Globalized networks and distribution
Relying on the global acceleration network and edge nodes, it realizes low-latency transmission of game data and fast distribution of content, guarantees smooth experience for players in different regions, and solves cross-border networking problems.
3. Full link security
It builds three-dimensional security protection from the client to the cloud, including DDoS protection, CC attack defense, account protection, content security, etc., to resist all kinds of game attacks and safeguard players' accounts and data.
4. Data intelligence and operations
Through big data analysis and AI technology, it realizes player behavior analysis, precision marketing, abnormal behavior detection, etc., which improves operational efficiency and player retention rate, and drives business growth.
5. Cloud Native and Containerization
Based on container and microservice architecture, it realizes rapid deployment, elastic expansion and contraction, and gray-scale release of game services, and supports the game business to quickly respond to market changes.
Recommended Products and Scenario Applications
Tencent Cloud provides a full chain of products from infrastructure to application services for the core scenarios of the gaming industry, covering a wide range of aspects such as research and development, deployment, operation and security:
1. Game development and testing products
- Tencent Cloud Server (CVM) and Elastic GPU Service (GPU)
It provides high-performance computing resources to support the operation of Unity, Unreal and other mainstream game engines to meet the needs of game development, rendering, physical simulation and so on. Elastic GPU service can allocate arithmetic power on demand to reduce R&D costs, and has served many 3A game studios.Learn more about CVM 丨 Learn more about GPUs。 - Tencent Cloud Container Service (TKE)
The container management platform based on Kubernetes supports the rapid construction and version management of game R&D environments, realizes the consistency of development, testing and production environments, shortens the R&D cycle and improves the efficiency of team collaboration.Learn more。 - Tencent Cloud Game Multimedia Engine (GME)
Provide one-stop game audio and video solutions, support real-time voice chat, 3D space sound, voice to text and other functions, adapt to mobile, PC, host and other platforms, has been applied to the "Peace Elite", "Honor of Kings" and other popular games.Learn more。 - Tencent Cloud Handheld Game Security Test (SR)
Providing comprehensive testing solutions for games, including compatibility testing, performance testing, security testing, user experience testing, etc., supporting automated testing of thousands of terminal devices, helping developers to find and solve problems in advance.Learn more。
2. Game deployment and distribution products
- Tencent Cloud Game Server Engine (GME)
The hosting service specially designed for game servers supports automatic capacity expansion and contraction, multi-region deployment, session management, etc. It is adapted to a variety of game genres such as MMORPG, MOBA, FPS, etc., which can quickly respond to fluctuations in the number of players and reduce the cost of operation and maintenance.Learn more。 - Tencent Cloud Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Relying on 2800+ acceleration nodes around the world, it realizes the rapid distribution of game installation packages, update packages and resource files, and supports intermittent transmission and intelligent compression, which reduces the download time of players and improves the conversion rate of installation.Learn more。 - Tencent Cloud Edge Computing Platform (Tencent EdgeOne)
Deploying game service nodes at the edge near players reduces network latency and improves game response speed, especially for battle and real-time interactive games, reducing latency to within 20ms.Learn more。 - Tencent Cloud Object Storage (COS)
Provide highly available and highly scalable mass storage services for storing game resources, player data, log files, etc., supporting on-demand expansion to meet the data growth demand during game operation.Learn more。
3. Game operation and data analysis products
- Tencent Cloud Game Data Analysis Platform (Game Ad Attribution Solution)
A data analysis platform specially built for the game industry, supporting player behavior analysis, retention rate statistics, payment conversion analysis, etc., through the visualization of reports intuitively show the game operation data, providing data support for operational decision-making.Learn more。 - Tencent Cloud Real-Time Audio and Video (TRTC)
Provide low-latency audio and video interaction capability for the game, support in-game live broadcasting, battle observation system, remote assistance and other functions to enhance player interactivity and improve the game's social attributes.Learn more。 - Tencent Cloud Instant Messenger (IM)
Integrated into the game to realize the player real-time chat, buddy system, guild communication and other functions, support single chat, group chat, offline messages, etc., to enhance the player's social experience and stickiness.Learn more。 - Tencent Cloud Intelligent Recommendation System
Based on AI algorithms to analyze players' preferences, personalized services such as in-game props recommendation and activity push are realized to enhance the conversion rate of payment and players' activity.Learn more。
4. Game safety products
- Tencent Cloud Anti-DDoS Solution
Provide T-level DDoS protection against SYN Flood, UDP Flood and other types of DDoS attacks to ensure the stable operation of game servers, especially during the launch of the game and activities to provide reliable protection.Learn more。 - Tencent Cloud Game Shield (Game Anti-Cheat ACE)
A security protection product designed specifically for gaming, defending against CC attacks, protocol analysis attacks, plug-ins and other threats, and intelligently identifying abnormal behaviors through AI to protect the fairness of the game and the player's experience.Learn more。 - Tencent Cloud Account Protection Service
A set of services to protect account security, can actively record resource operation logs under the account to help you monitor your user activities and API usage. At the same time, it can also provide real-time analysis, risk monitoring, and abnormal alarm capabilities based on log data, which greatly protects your account security.Learn more。 - Tencent Cloud Content Security (T-Sec)
Conducting real-time audits of in-game chat, pop-ups, and UGC content, identifying illegal messages, maintaining a healthy game environment, and meeting regulatory requirements.Learn more。
Industry Segmentation Solutions
Tencent Cloud provides customized solutions for different types of games and scenarios to meet diverse needs:
1. Massively multiplayer online game (MMO) solutions
- Elastic Server Architecture: Based on GSE, it realizes dynamic expansion and contraction of game servers to cope with player peaks and ensure smooth operation of the game;
- Global Service Support: Through the global network acceleration and data synchronization technology, to achieve cross-region players with the same game, breaking the geographical restrictions;
- Highly available design: Multi-availability deployment and disaster recovery to ensure game service continuity and minimize the impact of failures.
2. Mobile gaming solutions
- Lightweight deployment: Server architecture optimized for mobile features, reducing bandwidth and resource consumption and enhancing player experience;
- Rapid Iteration Support: Support game hot update and gray scale release, shorten the version update cycle, and quickly respond to user feedback;
- Channel Integration: Docking with mainstream app stores and social platforms to provide promotion and realization tools to help game distribution.
3. Cloud gaming solutions
- Cloud Rendering PlatformThe company's GPU-based cloud server realizes cloud rendering of games and supports players to play 3A masterpieces without downloading through cell phones, tablets, TVs and other devices;
- low latency transmission: Adopting self-developed transmission protocols and edge computing to reduce the transmission delay of cloud-rendered images and improve game control;
- Multi-Terminal Adaptation: Supports screen adaptation and control optimization for different devices to provide a consistent gaming experience.
4. Casual social gaming solutions
- Social Skills Integration: Integrate the relationship chain of WeChat, QQ and other social platforms to realize the functions of friend invitations, leaderboards, interactive gifts and so on;
- Lightweight Deployment: Serverless architecture reduces O&M costs and is suitable for small and medium-sized teams to go live quickly;
- Event Operation Tools: Provide tools to quickly build limited-time events, fission marketing, and increase player activity and sharing.
Success Stories
- Some head MMORPG gameTencent Cloud's GSE and global acceleration services are used to realize global co-service operation, support millions of players online at the same time, reduce game latency by 40%, and reduce operation and maintenance costs by 50%;
- A popular handheld gameRelying on Tencent Cloud's CDN and edge computing, it realizes rapid distribution of game resources, increasing the download speed of installation packages by 60% and the first-day retention rate by 15%;
- A cloud gaming platformTencent cloud GPU servers and TRTC technology are used to build cloud gaming services that support 1080P/60fps image quality, with latency controlled within 30ms and user payment rate increased by 25%.
summarize
Tencent Cloud's game industry solutions take technological innovation as the core and player experience as the guide, helping game enterprises overcome problems in R&D, deployment, operation and security through products and services along the entire chain. Whether it is large-scale 3A games, mobile games, cloud games, or casual social games, Tencent Cloud will provide reliable technical support and in-depth services to promote the continuous innovative development of the game industry.
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