Networking and content delivery

GAMEPERF07: How do you design your matchmaking service to optimize performance?

Player skill, internet service provider (ISP) quality, and player population distribution are important to consider as a dimension of performance tuning. Game sessions can be placed on servers that are strategically located to level the playing field and host a fair game.

Best practices

GAMEPERF07-BP01 Define network latency thresholds for your game
GAMEPERF07-BP02 Run a separate matchmaking service for each gameplay mode and game hosting Region
GAMEPERF07-BP03 Regularly monitor matchmaking performance
GAMEPERF07-BP04 Regularly monitor networking performance
GAMEPERF07-BP05 Use network acceleration technology to improve performance across the internet

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Document Conventions

GAMEPERF06-BP05 Use monitoring and visualization tools

GAMEPERF07-BP01 Define network latency thresholds for your game