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Industry 11 / 15 — Multiplayer & live ops

Game backends built for launch day.

Multiplayer infrastructure, live-ops tooling and game services — load-tested to ten times expected concurrency, because launch day is the one you can’t afford to lose.

10xLaunch-spike headroom
Low-latencyMultiplayer netcode
Live opsTooling built in

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Launch day doesn’t reschedule.

A game’s launch spike is the moment everything has been building toward and the moment most backends fail. We engineer multiplayer infrastructure and matchmaking that we load-test to ten times expected concurrency, tune netcode around real competitive latency, and build live-ops tooling so you can run events and rebalance the economy without downtime. That way launch day arrives with its numbers already proven.

Built around the spike.

In this sector, we build
Multiplayer infrastructureLive ops & eventsPlayer accounts & economyScale & matchmaking

Games have the cruellest launch curve in software: months of anticipation collapse into one spike, and if the servers buckle, the reviews are written before the bug is fixed. The backend has to be ready for the best day the game will ever have.

We build game services engineered for that spike — multiplayer infrastructure load-tested to 10x expected concurrency, low-latency netcode, and the live-ops tooling to run events, economies and updates without taking the game down.

And because a live game is never finished, we build the levers — events, rewards, economy tuning — to run server-side, so you keep players engaged long after launch without shipping a client update.

What we build

Systems for gaming.

The game services we build for studios — the parts players never see and never forgive when they fail.

01

Multiplayer infrastructure

Matchmaking, sessions and authoritative servers with the low latency competitive play demands.

02

Live ops & events

Tooling to run events, seasons, rewards and economy changes without redeploying the client.

03

Player accounts & economy

Identity, inventory, virtual currency and purchases with the integrity an economy needs.

04

Scale & matchmaking

Infrastructure that absorbs a 10x launch spike and matches players fast under load.

05

Analytics & telemetry

Player behaviour and performance data to balance the game and catch problems live.

06

Backend services & APIs

Leaderboards, saves, social and store services exposed as reliable game backend APIs.

Outcomes we target

Headroom you can measure.

These four get agreed before a launch date is picked, because they decide how that day goes.

10xLaunch-spike headroom load-tested
Low-latencyCompetitive netcode
ZeroDowntime for live-ops changes
Exploit-resistantPlayer economy
How we approach it

Done before the trailer drops.

The rules we hold to for live games, and what each one buys you on the night it matters.

01
Principle

Launch is the load test

In practice

We model your launch spike and load-test to 10x it, so the biggest day is a number we hit, not a gamble.

02
Principle

Latency wins or loses

In practice

Netcode and infrastructure are tuned around the latency competitive players actually feel.

03
Principle

Live ops without downtime

In practice

Events, economy tweaks and content drops ship server-side, so you tune the game without taking it offline.

04
Principle

Economy integrity

In practice

Inventory, currency and purchases are built to resist exploits, because a broken economy breaks the game.

Who we build for

From indie studio to live service.

A small studio shipping its first mobile game has different worries from a team running a live multiplayer title. Both are on this list.

Studios & publishersLive-service & multiplayer gamesMobile & casual gamesEsports & competitive titlesWeb3 & blockchain gamesGaming platforms & tooling
Tools we reach for

Sized for the spike.

The spine of most of our game backends. Genre, platform mix and player counts do the deciding.

Go / C++WebSocketsRedisKubernetesMatchmakingPostgresTelemetry pipelineAWS GameLift
The services behind it

We run what we build.

The engineers who write your netcode also set up the servers it runs on.

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Before you ask

Asked before every launch.

Concurrency, netcode and keeping the economy honest.

Can your infrastructure handle a launch spike?

We model and load-test to 10x expected concurrency, so the launch spike is engineered for rather than feared.

Do you build authoritative multiplayer netcode?

Yes — matchmaking, sessions and authoritative servers tuned for the low latency competitive play requires.

Can we run events without a client update?

Live-ops tooling lets you run events, seasons and economy changes server-side, without redeploying or taking the game down.

How do you protect the in-game economy?

Inventory, currency and purchase systems are built to resist exploits, with telemetry to catch abuse as it happens.

Do you provide backend services like leaderboards and saves?

Yes — leaderboards, cloud saves, social and store services are part of the game backend APIs we deliver.

Anything we missed?

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Let’s scope it

Got a launch your backend
can’t afford to fumble?

Tell us about your game, your concurrency target and your live-ops needs. You hear back from a senior engineer within one business day.