monthly archives: December 2015

Does your CDN Speak Gaming?

12/04/2015 Automation, Blog, CDN, Delivery, Deployment, Games

You might believe that any CDN will be adequate for your game content delivery. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Technically speaking, any CDN will be able to deliver your game content from one point to another, however, the devil is in the details. A good game experience can live and die based on the quality of the download. Here’s why:

Size Matters

Game downloads are big. The average size of a game download has increased significantly over the past ten years and it continues to grow with the addition of 4K and Ultra HD resolution games.
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Make Your Game Patching and Updating Not Suck

12/02/2015 Acquisition, Blog, Delivery, Deployment, Games, Retention

Your goal as a game company is to keep your players playing the game and happy. Your players are valuable, so you strive to keep your gameplay interesting, challenging, and engaging for them.

Sounds pretty straightforward, but it’s harder than it sounds when you think about how often you deploy game patches and updates, especially for free-to-play and subscription-based games.

Why your game patching/updating software matters

When the time comes to add new levels, new features, or to make other improvements to your game, you have to deploy an update. This is where friction can creep into your carefully crafted world and unleash havoc.
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