Post by Code Wizards Group

Multiplayer launches don't fail when it's most convenient. They happen when you and your team are most unprepared. 2am on a weekend. When your game floods with 100,000+ players you weren't anticipating. When one tiny infrastructure issue becomes a VERY public problem. These kinds of issues are precisely why Multiplayer Wizards - our specialised multiplayer service division - built Citadel; our custom, fully managed NOC and DevOps service for your live multiplayer game. Not another dashboard, rigid pipeline, or one-size-fits-all tool that expects you to clunkily adapt your game to it. Citadel is built around and for YOUR game; its backend, launch plan, player traffic, regions, stack, and active risks. Citadel provides: ✅ 24/7/365 monitoring of your live multiplayer infrastructure ✅ Proactive detection of game performance, latency, and traffic anomalies ✅ Tailored DevOps integration across platforms like AWS GameLift, Heroic Labs, and other pre-configured or custom backends ✅ Custom runbooks and escalation paths for faster incident response ✅ Launch support, load testing, observability, and ongoing live ops support The difference between having Citadel and not is clear, and many studios we work with already see the difference: ➡️ For one of our ongoing support projects, we track and solve 66% of issues proactively before players even notice. ➡️ For another, Citadel was implemented in just 7 days before launch; we rapidly onboarded, identified bugs, helped harden the infrastructure, and helped the team roll out a smooth successful release. We help and support studios of all sizes every day improve performance, stop issues from growing (or even starting), and keep players playing happily. That's what live game infrastructure support should look like; not a passive system or reactive firefighting, but a specialist team that watches your game, understands your stack, and helps you stay ahead of problems you never want players to see. If you're preparing a launch, scaling your existing game, or worried your backend is a disaster waiting to happen, Citadel is built to support you. Speak to Tom Penrose or visit our Multiplayer Wizards page ( https://lnkd.in/embpdYXV ) today, and find out how quickly and how effective putting Citadel in place can be for your title. #GameDev #LiveOps #DevOps #GameInfrastructure #NOC