Game Solutions

Build and deliver game experiences on Akamai’s global cloud computing and CDN platform.

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Build highly available, low-latency experiences for game workloads

Power your hottest releases and biggest tournaments with Akamai’s massively distributed cloud platform. Global core compute regions provide the computing power you need — where and when you need it — helping you exceed expectations for downloads, low latency, and customer support. All backed by industry-leading security.

Computing power closer to your gamers

Distributed cloud computing

Scale game workloads to meet player demand with distributed cloud computing resources.

Savings without lock-in

Use Akamai's distributed cloud platform to only pay for compute when needed and to minimize egress costs.

Flexibility to scale based on high demand

Global load balancing keeps your games running and lets you respond to quick changes in demand around the world.

The Cloud Peak Game Experiences

Customer Story

Jam City

Jam City relies on Akamai for speedy downloads, bulletproof reliability, and exceptional security to keep mobile gamers engaged.

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Customer Story

Digital Extremes

Digital Extremes keeps gamers happily engaged with a “painless and turnkey” implementation of Akamai Cloud Computing.

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Customer Story

Roblox

Roblox needed a cloud partner to help them grow globally. Akamai delivered secure, consistent experiences for both developers and players.

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Customer Story

Diarkis

Akamai ensures the reliability and stability of Diarkis’s game servers

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Featured solutions

Build and optimize low-latency game experiences
Deliver game content at the edge
Protect game apps, APIs, websites, and financial transactions

Build and optimize low-latency game experiences

Build on our flexible cloud platform, optimize your API performance, create functions at the edge, and store data for high availability.

Essential Compute

Match Shared CPU, Dedicated CPU, or High Memory compute plans to your applications’ needs and budget.

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GPU

Parallel process workloads including machine learning, scientific computing, and video processing.

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Linode Kubernetes Engine

Managed K8s container orchestration engine for containerized workloads.

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Block Storage

Easily add highly available and scalable storage capacity to your instance.

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Object Storage

Store your data for high availability, durability, or distribution.

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EdgeWorkers

Execute JavaScript functions at the edge to optimize site performance and customize web experiences.

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Deliver game content at the edge

Deliver high-quality video streams, trailers, live events, and user generated content adaptively based on network conditions.

Download Delivery

Deliver large file downloads flawlessly, every time, at global scale.

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Adaptive Media Delivery

Deliver consistent, high-quality online video securely at massive scale.

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Global Traffic Management

Optimize performance and avoid outages with intelligent load balancing.

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DataStream

Low-latency data feed enabling visibility and ingest into third-party monitoring tools.

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NetStorage

Secure, replicated storage solution that automatically serves from the nearest geographic region.

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Protect game apps, APIs, websites, and financial transactions

Protect apps, key APIs, and HTTP games services. Prevent malware attacks and malicious bots.

App & API Protector

Leading security protection for applications and APIs at the edge.

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API Security

Discover, monitor, and audit API activity using real-time analytics to respond to threats and abuse.

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Prolexic

Protect your infrastructure from distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

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Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

Detect breaches and harden against ransomware by applying granular, software-defined segmentation.

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Bot Manager

Advanced bot management designed to detect and mitigate sophisticated bad bots but allow good bots.

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Resources

Games Observability Platform TrafficPeak Solution Brief

Learn how TrafficPeak provides real-time observability, efficient compression of datasets and logs, and platform visibility for game developers and publishers.

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Solution Brief

Akamai Cloud Computing for Gaming

Use our massively distributed edge and cloud platform to build and deploy applications closer to your players for increased performance and speed to market.

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Solution Brief

PCI DSS v4.0 in the Games Industry

Ensure secure payments in the games industry with PCI DSS v4.0 compliance to safeguard cardholder data against evolving cyberthreats in online transactions.

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Blog

Why Game Companies Are Adopting Distributed Cloud Computing

Global game developers are providing improved performance, better in-game experiences, and boosting gamer retention with distributed cloud computing.

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