Case Study: Sandbox Interactive expands Albion Online in Asia-Pacific with Gcore Cloud

Sandbox Interactive expands Albion Online to Asia-Pacific with Gcore, cutting latency for millions of players

Sandbox Interactive GmbH, a Berlin-based game development studio, faced the challenge of expanding its popular MMORPG Albion Online into the Asia-Pacific region. They needed a cloud infrastructure capable of supporting high volumes of player data and traffic while ensuring low latency, fast connectivity between data centers, and optimized performance for the new player base. To address this, they partnered with vendor Gcore to utilize its Managed Kubernetes platform and cloud services.

Gcore implemented a Managed Kubernetes solution that included deploying an Elasticsearch cluster for data processing and providing automated container management with insta-scaling, load balancing, and secure secret storage. This allowed Sandbox Interactive to successfully launch the Albion East server, resulting in much faster connection speeds, better ping, and lower latency for players in Australia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. Gcore's support also provided crucial fallback solutions for connectivity issues, ensuring a seamless and reliable expansion for millions of new players.

Sandbox Interactive GmbH