Gaming Attacking one hosting provider can have dangerous ripple
effects: huge service outages and reputation damage to dozens of dependent companies, as seen in the recent global AWS outage. On an accompanying gaming platform, downtime of even a few seconds can be devastating.
Network readiness matters more than ever In a sector where uptime equals revenue and reputation, interruptions directly translate to customer dissatisfaction and financial loss. Just like a football match couldn’t be played without a good quality pitch, gaming is impossible without a secure, resilient network supporting the platform. Screens freeze, progress is lost, and some may even be inadvertently kicked out of multiplayer games. Network resilience is therefore a business-critical necessity for
gaming platforms to maintain seamless, low-latency experiences for millions of concurrent players worldwide. As a result, the network edge (where players connect) has become the new battleground for DDoS defence. Resellers can use this moment to position uptime assurance as
a service differentiator, combining connectivity, protection, and proactive monitoring as part of a single managed network offering.
Traditional mitigation efforts no longer suffice With DDoS attacks increasing across industries by 41% in Q1-Q2 2025, the threat has become a greater threat because attackers are adapting to the improved automatic detection and mitigation systems deployed by companies as a defence. The power and frequency of DDoS attacks have grown while durations have decreased, allowing threat actors to circumvent temporary defence thresholds and test infrastructure resilience over time. Attack trends from Q3-Q4 2024 to Q1-Q2 2025 also
show a rapid escalation in application layer attacks, which particularly impact sectors like gaming with a high degree of customer interaction. Traditional on-premises or static filtering approaches can no longer respond to attacks of such global scale in real-time speed. The recent 6 Tbps attack added to these concerns by revealing
the capability of botnets such as AISURU, which was linked to this event, to launch attacks of multi-regional origin and massive volumetric scale. This and other attacks indicate that the AISURU botnet may be rapidly expanding its exploitation of unsecured devices in high-density regions, causing far greater damage than before. This gives resellers a consultative role, helping customers move from static filtering or legacy appliances to adaptive, cloud-scale protection architectures. In an environment of increasingly intelligent threat actors,
DDoS defence strategies must be equally sophisticated, adaptive, and proactive.
The strategic role of edge-layer defence Companies need solutions that deliver real-time detection, intelligent mitigation, and global reach. By combining integrated, AI-driven DDoS defence with worldwide network capacity, modern strategies can do exactly that. AI protection cannot
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“Just like a football match couldn’t be played without a good quality pitch, gaming is impossible without a secure, resilient network supporting the platform.”
be successful without sufficient resources and bandwidth. A distributed infrastructure that can accept and process hundreds of Tbit/s of traffic is thus essential to ensure AI systems have enough capacity to perform deep, surgical filtering of attacks at the L3/L4 layers. By bundling AI-driven defence with low-latency routing
and managed uptime, resellers have the potential to transform risk into recurring revenue. By partnering with providers of such distributed capacity, they can also bring this capability to regional gaming companies, unlocking new value-added service tiers and recurring revenue streams. These solutions can neutralise attacks before users are even
impacted by mitigating attacks in real time and constantly filtering deep packet traffic. As a result, malicious traffic is blocked before it even reaches the user, ensuring seamless gameplay, uninterrupted experiences, and lasting customer trust.
What resellers and infrastructure partners need to know A prepared, adaptive network infrastructure not only protects against downtime but also enables smoother scaling during surges in player activity or game launches, allowing performance and protection to evolve in tandem. As gaming companies reassess their network strategies,
there is a clear opportunity for resellers. Future-ready gaming networks will be those that combine multi-terabit filtering capacity with low latency, AI-driven adaptive response delivered through a secure, globally distributed network. Network resilience is no longer a back-end consideration.
Now, it’s a competitive necessity. Gaming platforms are continuing to scale globally, and expectations for always-on experiences will only intensify. For resellers, that shift is the growth story: helping gaming
platforms defend the edge, protect revenue, and deliver uninterrupted play, with their expertise as the competitive advantage. The latest wave of DDoS campaigns signals that the edge of the network is now the frontline, and the winners in this environment will be those prepared to defend it.
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