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Gaming Use Cases
Gaming Platform
Quickly scale to accommodate a sudden increase in traffic and ensure that player data is always available.
Game Persistence Record
Guarantee consistent transactions across the globe and ensure users always get back to the correct game state.
Prediction Platform
Create custom experiences for users regardless of their location and forecast future outcomes and player behavior.
Metadata Management
Collect and store large volumes of user-generated metadata generated by millions of concurrent players in real time.
Survive massive traffic spikes generated by gamers across the globe.
The gaming industry is built on delivering a great customer experience, however, user-generated content can create unpredictable workloads. Gaming apps and services need a modern, resilient infrastructure to support spikes in usage while still guaranteeing consistent transactions
Scale horizontally to accommodate unpredictable workloads
Keep adding nodes to a cluster to give it more power to support large increases in gameplay without impacting performance. Don’t worry about flash popularity since you can start small to save on costs and simply scale as needed.
Handle in-app transactions in real-time
Use a database that can handle the traffic needed to support millions of concurrent players in real-time. Heavy read and write workloads are no match for a consistent, distributed SQL database that can scale across multiple regions.
Personalize user experience & maintain game state
Build advanced features by leveraging metadata about users to create custom experiences while still delivering low-latency access to your application. With guaranteed consistent transactions, ensure that users always get back to the correct game state.
Reach a globally distributed audience
Modernize your infrastructure and build on a distributed foundation to reach users around the world. Deploy in a multi-cloud setting and partition data by location to scale to any region and maintain compliance.
Deliver glitch-free gaming experiences at epic scale
Ensure nonstop uptime during peak raids
In the gaming universe, downtime is the enemy. CockroachDB's distributed architecture ensures that player data is always on-hand, enhancing game resilience by dynamically rerouting queries to the nearest available nodes, keeping your worlds alive even during epic boss fights.
Scale to outer realms effortlessly
Adapt to the expanding universe of MMOs with ease. CockroachDB's architecture supports seamless horizontal scaling, allowing for an ever-growing number of players, NPCs, and dynamically evolving game states without the complexity of manual sharding.
Guarantee data consistency for every player
In gaming, the integrity of player stats and world states is non-negotiable. CockroachDB's ACID-compliant transactions ensure that every item drop, character level-up, and world event remains consistent and accurate across all nodes, preventing any loot disputes or progression losses that could turn players away.
Optimize data placement for low-lag gameplay
Deploy your game servers across multiple regions to achieve lightning-fast and consistent data access. With CockroachDB, position player data and game states in compliance with regional regulations while ensuring near-zero latency for interactions, making every spell cast and sword swing feel instantaneous.
Why CockroachDB?
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