Video Games
Load Testing, Video Games,
Load Testing in Gaming: Scaling for Millions Without Breaking a Sweat
Why Load Testing Can Make or Break a Game Launch In today’s gaming landscape, success can be a double-edged sword. When a title goes viral or spikes in popularity, servers get hammered, systems creak, and crashes aren’t just possible – they’re inevitable without preparation. Players expect a flawless experience from minute one. They won’t tolerate lag, downtime, or broken matchmaking. ...
1 May 2025
Security, AI Technology, Video Games,
How AI Technology Like ChatGPT Is Transforming Game Security in 2025
How AI Technology Like ChatGPT Is Transforming Game Security in 2025 If you haven’t been hearing about the rise of AI technology – especially the explosion of tools like ChatGPT – we’d like to know which rock you’ve been living under! Artificial Intelligence is growing at a staggering rate, ushering in a new era of rapid innovation. But why is ...
19 April 2025
Load Testing, Video Games,
What Load Testing Solution is right for you?
What Load Testing Solution Is Right for You? Our goal for each and every client is a stable and secure release. Whether a game, a big data platform, or a website, we want you to be happy and confident in the knowledge that your product will launch without vulnerabilities or stability issues. For the stability side of our work, we ...
1 February 2025
Penetration Testing, Security, Video Games,
5 Essential Reasons Video Game Studios Should Perform Penetration Testing
As a game studio, your digital environment is constantly under attack. Hackers, cheaters, and malicious users are all threats you face, and they’re always evolving. One of the most effective ways to protect your game, your players, and your reputation is through penetration testing (pen testing). Here are five essential reasons why video game studios should prioritize penetration testing to ...
23 January 2025
Cybersecurity, Penetration Testing, Video Games,
Cyrex and Common Console Security Vulnerabilities
While it’s been mentioned in several of our articles, consoles and console security has seemingly been neglected in our published work. For those out there who are looking for gold standard cybersecurity and load testing services on console, look no further than Cyrex. Our suite of penetration testing and load testing services are available on all platforms, from console to ...
31 October 2024
Load Testing, Video Games,
Top 3 Common Load Testing Issues
There are a number of issues that we would often see across any of our load testing engagement but after a brief survey of our load tests, we’ve narrowed it down to just three. All of these issues, like any load testing issue, is a scalability one. They are classed on severity based on how users are impacted and how ...
3 September 2024
Load Testing, Penetration Testing, Video Games,
Cybersecurity and Load Testing: Evolving Gaming Landscape in 2024 & 2025
There’s been some phenomenal evolutions and changes in the gaming landscape over the past five to ten years. Huge leaps in technology, the rise of photorealism, the rise of the battle royale and the live service model. With all of these, the gaming industry has flourished and grown exponentially. As experts in cybersecurity and load testing, we watched the rising ...
1 August 2024
Penetration Testing, Video Games,
More Games-related Bugs: Cyrex Engineers at Work
It’s time to delve back into the expert hacking world of Cyrex’ security engineers as they tackle security vulnerabilities and hunt down bug bounties in their spare time! We’re joining Hazem Elsayad again, our Lead Offensive Security Engineer for the Cyrex team, as he documents his impressive progress on his blog, Hacktus! This time, Hazem leads us through some ...
19 June 2024
Penetration Testing, Security, Video Games,
The Truth of iOS Game Hacking in 2024
A common concept that comes up regarding hacking mobile and handheld devices is that iOS is innately more secure than Android. Now, in part, there is some truth to this. iOS hacking and iOS game hacking does have several barriers of entry to it, requiring a jailbroken iOS device to even begin the attempt. It’s also a closed system and ...
30 May 2024