Edgegap

Edgegap operates a platform for multiplayer game server hosting, orchestration and matchmaking built on distributed edge computing infrastructure. Studios containerize their game server, upload the build, and Edgegap deploys it on demand across a network the company describes as spanning more than 615 physical locations and 17-plus data center providers. Its patented orchestrator, branded Arbitrium, selects the best available server location at deployment time, which the company presents as a way to avoid splitting player bases into fixed regions and to cut player latency by up to 58%.

The product line covers edge cloud hosting, Fleets (bare metal and virtual machines, available in 58 locations) for egress-free hosting, persistent servers, and a network of relays for peer-to-peer style connectivity. Hybrid orchestration automatically routes deployments between Edgegap's public edge capacity and a customer's private fleet to manage cost. Adjacent services include matchmaking, a server browser, container registry support, an automated build tool, ping beacons, analytics, managed clusters, server image caching, DDoS protection and an API.

Edgegap integrates with major game engines through plugins for Unity, Unreal Engine and Godot, with netcodes including Mirror Networking, Unity Netcode for GameObjects, Fish Networking, Photon Fusion 2 and PurrNet, and with backend services such as Unity Gaming Services matchmaking, Heroic Labs' Nakama, PlayFab and Epic Online Services Lobbies. Container images can be stored in Docker Hub, GitLab, Google Cloud for Games or Amazon ECR, and deployment logs can be written to S3-compatible storage on AWS or Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode).