In online gaming, infrastructure usually goes unnoticed — until something breaks down. A few seconds are enough: ping spikes, connection is lost, players drop mid-match. For users, it’s a disruption. For a gaming company, it’s revenue walking out in real time.
That’s why DDoS attacks are not abstract — they impact the product while players are actively using it.
A real example is PGS. What started as occasional disruptions gradually turned into near-daily attacks on its gaming infrastructure, with peak traffic reaching several terabits.
The company tested different protection providers and eventually chose StormWall. The decision was driven not only by mitigation quality, but also by something critical for gaming environments — flexibility.
At a glance
| Customer / Industry | Professional Gaming Solutions (PGS) — gaming infrastructure provider |
| Our services | StormWall for Networks — cloud-based DDoS protection via BGP |
| Protected resources | Gaming servers and online gaming infrastructure supporting PGS’s own projects and third-party gaming platforms |
Customer: Professional Gaming Solutions (PGS)
PGS is an international gaming infrastructure provider that builds high-performance server solutions for online games, where every millisecond counts.
PGS works on both its own gaming projects and those of external clients. In both cases, the logic is the same: if the service is unstable, players leave — sometimes instantly.
In recent years, the company has been actively expanding into international markets, including MENA, Europe, and Latin America. Along with this, both infrastructure load and requirements continue to grow.
In this environment, any issues — latency spikes, connection drops, packet loss — are immediately reflected in service quality. As a result, DDoS resilience is no longer just a security task — it’s part of the product’s baseline stability.
Business Challenge: When Lag Costs You Players
Gaming is one of the most frequently attacked industries on the internet, often rivaling the banking sector in terms of DDoS activity.
The reason is simple: the effect is immediate. Once a traffic flood starts, players begin disconnecting from servers in real time.
For the business, this leads to direct losses: lower retention, shorter sessions, and reduced revenue.
About five years ago, the company faced a sharp increase in attacks targeting its infrastructure.
At first, the team followed a standard approach: testing different solutions and security providers. Some worked only temporarily. As attack volumes increased, their effectiveness quickly dropped. Others simply did not meet gaming requirements, where latency and connection stability are critical.
The company also evaluated major international protection providers. However, these solutions proved too expensive and lacked the flexibility required for gaming infrastructure. Their standardized feature sets made it difficult to adapt to constantly evolving attack patterns, which became a significant limitation for the business.
Meanwhile, attacks continued to grow. Today, the company faces volumetric DDoS attacks almost daily. Peak volumes reach 1–3 Tbps. The main source is botnets targeting online gaming services and player infrastructure.
Solution: Building the Right Setup
The team evaluated multiple protection providers, but most solutions either failed under higher attack volumes or did not meet gaming requirements for low latency and stable connections.
Ultimately, the company chose StormWall. The decision was based on several factors: predictable pricing, stable performance under high attack volumes, responsive support, flexible configuration options, and a willingness to develop features tailored to gaming infrastructure.
The decisive factor was not only the platform’s out-of-the-box performance, but also its ability to adapt to real traffic conditions. Unlike more rigid solutions, StormWall worked closely with the PGS team, continuously refining filtering logic and protection mechanisms to match the specific characteristics of gaming traffic.
Deployment: Live in Just a Few Hours
The deployment was fast. Within 4 hours, part of the traffic was redirected through the protection system, and the solution was fully live.
Gaming sessions were not interrupted — the migration happened gradually and remained invisible to users. The integration required no major changes to the existing infrastructure.
Today, StormWall operates as one of the protection layers in PGS’s overall security architecture. Incoming traffic is filtered and cleaned before being further analyzed by the company’s internal systems.
Results: Game-Ready Protection
For gaming businesses, DDoS attacks are not about infrastructure — they are about money and users. One disconnect — and a player may never return. Lag shortens sessions. Instability directly affects retention and engagement.
Before StormWall, this was clearly visible in the company’s metrics, as attacks immediately impacted user behavior. After implementation, the situation changed. Even during the most aggressive attacks, the service remains stable. Player behavior does not change: retention and engagement stay at the same level.
The attacks still happen — but the business barely feels their impact. For the company, it’s a game-changing shift. For attackers, it’s game over.
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