AWS for Games Blog
Category: AWS Shield
From Challenge to Triumph: Gaggle’s Journey in Overcoming DDoS Attacks with AWS Shield Advanced
In this blog, we explore the challenges Gaggle Studios faced with DDoS attacks due to the success of their online game, ‘Goose Goose Duck.’ We’ll delve into how they navigated these challenges and implemented effective mitigation strategies. ‘Goose Goose Duck,’ a game of social deduction created by Gaggle Studios, stands out in the online gaming […]
Improving the Player Experience by Leveraging AWS Global Accelerator and Amazon GameLift FleetIQ
Building a game to serve worldwide users over the internet can be challenging. In this two-part series, we’ll walk you through how game developers improve the player experience worldwide in order to deploy more efficiently, achieve lower latency, improve in-game performance, and deliver game content faster. In this first post, we focus on how to […]
How to defend games against DDoS attacks
When launching a new game, it’s critical to ensure your players can access and enjoy it without interruption. That’s why you need to protect your game against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. Fortunately, if you’re building your game on AWS, you’re already protected against many common DDoS attacks. This post explores the architecture decisions […]