Case Study: Creative Assembly achieves secure, high-performance remote game testing with Parsec

Creative Assembly overcomes remote game testing challenges with Parsec

Creative Assembly, a UK-based video game developer and part of SEGA Europe, faced significant challenges in maintaining its collaborative game testing and development workflows after shifting to a remote and hybrid work model. They needed a high-performance, low-latency remote desktop solution that could handle GPU-intensive tasks and provide essential security for its intellectual property during external playtesting. The vendor, Parsec, provided its solution, Parsec for Teams Enterprise, to address these needs.

Parsec provided a secure and high-performance remote desktop solution that allowed Creative Assembly’s global developers and QA testers to collaborate in real-time as if they were in the same room. The solution included critical security features like watermarking, approved app lockdown, and easy guest access. The implementation was a success, with the team quickly adopting over 300 Enterprise licenses. Parsec enabled secure, large-scale remote playtesting and gave the team seamless, high-fidelity access to their workstations from anywhere, effectively preserving their studio-quality workflow.

Creative Assembly

Kevin Coster

Creative Assembly Infrastructure Lead