#014 | How Edgegap's technology lowers lag & improves fairness in multiplayer games

The Level Up Experience

Watch interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JS9zuCnPIQ Edgegap is a startup helping studios lower lag and improve fairness in multiplayer games. His background in the telecom industry helps him and his team blaze trails with innovative solutions. The industry has been handling infrastructures the same way for the last 20 years. It is about time they look at alternatives to improve player experience and get competitive gamers what they expect. We will learn more about the technology behind Edgegap and answer live questions in chat. Time stamps: 2:42- How Edgegap was started 3:33- Lag in video games 5:01- Games as a service 6:04- Pay-to-win games 6:48- Data behind lag in video games 7:38- What studios do straegies use to battle lag? 11:03- "Internet over the Internet" 12:28- Hie Edgegap works with gaming studios 13:13- Matchmaking 14:10- Edge computing 14:50- "deploying services" 15:50- Hoe to battle latency and jitter 16:57- comparing server locations 18:35- online connection integrity 19:57- partners in China for Edgegap 22:15- Lag, latency and how it effects esports 24:15- Red flag on unfair matches 27:50- Why would you cheat on a game? 28:57- Esports betting is the FAR Wild West 31:34- "the game is lagging" 32:54- Cloud gaming 34:57- Mobile gaming thoughts 42:03- Multiplayer gaming 44:38- The success of Formula 1 esports 49:48- In-game advertising 52:40- Fairness case study (game publisher) #gaming #gamingindustry #esports --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thelevelupexperience/message