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Gaming & Media verified Verified Outcome TRL 9

Cloud-Scale Game Server Orchestration (Agones)

domain Client: A leading video game publisher handshake Provider: Google Cloud / Internal schedule Deploy: Q4 2022 (Review)
89 Impact
Enterprise Ready
Evidence Score: 5/10
Strength: Very High

Executive Summary

ANALYST: COI RESEARCH

To manage the massive scale of multiplayer sessions for titles like *Rainbow Six Siege*, the publisher co-developed and deployed 'Agones', an open-source platform built on Kubernetes. This system allows for the dedicated game server scaling, automatically spinning up and shutting down server instances based on real-time player demand.

rate_review Analyst Verdict

"A major contribution to open-source gaming infrastructure. By building on Kubernetes, the entity avoided vendor lock-in with proprietary game server solutions (like AWS GameLift) and gained granular control over their global server fleet orchestration."

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warning The Challenge

Dedicated game servers are stateful applications (unlike stateless web servers), making them difficult to scale using standard cloud tools. Over-provisioning servers is expensive, while under-provisioning leads to long matchmaking queues and player churn.

psychology The Solution

The publisher partnered with Google to build Agones, a custom Kubernetes controller. It treats game servers as first-class citizens in k8s, managing their lifecycle (Creating -> Ready -> Allocated -> Shutdown) to ensure that running matches are never terminated prematurely during scale-down events.

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Integrations
Kubernetes, Docker, Matchmaking Services
Deployment Model
Multi-Cloud / Hybrid
Data Classification
Game State
Estimated TCO / ROI
Medium
POC Summary (2017-06-01 to 2018-03-01)

"Co-development phase with Google in 2017/2018."

shield Risk Register & Mitigation

Risk Factor Severity Mitigation Strategy
Complexity Medium Requires high Kubernetes maturity within the engineering team.
State Management High Custom sidecars to handle state preservation.

trending_up Impact Trajectory

Audited value realization curve

Orchestration of thousands of concurrent game servers Verified Outcome
Primary KPIReduction in idle server costs
Audit CycleSeamless multi-cloud portability

policy Compliance & Gov

  • Standards: GDPR (Player IDs in logs)
  • Maturity (TRL): 9
  • Evidence Score: 5/10
  • Data Class: Game State

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Verified Case Study
PDF • Version 1
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Technical Audit
PDF • Audited
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How we verified these outcomes for A leading video game publisher without exposing sensitive IP or identities.

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1. Raw Evidence

Audit ID: #PRIV-771
Evidence: Direct SQL Logs
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2. Verified Asset

Outcome: Verified
Ref ID: #COI-771

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