Hathora ran a million-player test for Frost Giant Studios' Stormgate.
Hathora ran a million-player test for Frost Giant Studios' Stormgate.
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Hathora helps Frost Giant stress test 1M concurrent users with multiplayer tech

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Hathora helped Frost Giant Studios test the network for its online multiplayer real-time strategy game Stormgate, enabling it to hit a theoretical one million concurrent users.

In the world of online multiplayer gaming, the launch day of a hit game is a momentous occasion. The genre’s social nature often leads to viral popularity, with gamers from around the world eager to join in and play simultaneously. However, this surge of players can place immense strain on the backend infrastructure, requiring studios to be prepared to handle the load seamlessly from day one, Hathora said.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.