Case Study: Rocksteady Studios protects creative assets and speeds secure file transfers with Progress WS_FTP

Gaming Company Rocksteady Studio Protects Creative Assets with WS_FTP

Rocksteady Studios, a 50‑person game developer in North London, needed a reliable way to exchange large, confidential game assets with global outsource agencies to meet strict publisher legal requirements. Their previous solution—Microsoft IIS FTP over a 2 Mbps SDSL link—suffered firewall issues and instability, forcing manual RAR-splitting of 80–90 GB nightly transfers and causing frequent failures, delays and risk of asset loss.

Rocksteady deployed Ipswitch WS_FTP Server with WS_FTP Professional, gaining a web‑based, encrypted file‑transfer system with automation, granular access controls and robust logging. The change delivered secure, auditable transfers that satisfy legal obligations, dramatically sped up workflows (asset splitting/transfers cut from hours to seconds), improved agency relationships and freed staff time for creative work.

Rocksteady

Benjamin Nias

System Engineer