Overview of the Mobile Game Current situation
Market size
According to third-party statistics, the global mobile game market reached $86.9 billion in 2020. With the rise of online games, features such as virtual social systems, PVP systems, and high-value in-game economic systems have become increasingly common in mobile games. This growth, however, has brought significant security risks to the mobile gaming industry.
Security risks
At present, cheating methods such as modifiers, speed hacks, and cracked versions are emerging in an endless stream in the mobile game market. The variety of cheats in mobile games has seriously impacted the gaming environment. The main risks and harms to game security are as follows:
Severely impacts game balance
Cheats bring huge advantages to players who use them, disrupting game order and severely harming game balance.
Massive player churn
Players who do not use cheats are at a clear disadvantage compared to those who do, leading to a poor gaming experience, disappointment with the game’s security environment, and eventual loss of players.
Shortened game lifecycle
Various cheating methods disrupt the game environment and cause a large number of players to leave, greatly shortening the game’s lifecycle.
Reduced corporate revenue
Cheats disrupt the in-game economic system and significantly reduce company revenue.
In addition, cheats cause incalculable harm to game companies’ reputations. Therefore, addressing game security issues is urgent. Tencent Cloud’s game security products can help protect your mobile game environment.
Anti-Cheat Expert (ACE)
Tencent Cloud’s Anti-Cheat Expert (ACE) is a professional game security solution provided jointly by Tencent Cloud’s mobile security team and Tencent Game Security Team. It includes two major functions: mobile game anti-cheat and mobile game hardening. ACE offers 24/7 security protection, supports comprehensive multi-dimensional protection and detection, and requires integration of only 2–3 API calls on the client side. ACE helps mobile game studios quickly respond to common security issues such as cheating, tampering, and cracking. It has provided stable and secure services for hundreds of games, including Honor of Kings and Naruto, serving over 700 million players.
Mobile Game Anti-Cheat
Mobile Game Anti-Cheat targets game security issues by providing comprehensive and effective protection while minimizing impact on the game. It features strong targeting, compatibility, and stability. With Mobile Game Anti-Cheat, you can counter debuggers, modifiers, and other tools in real time, and take targeted measures against various cheating methods to keep the game environment safe and stable. The integration process is simple and clear — follow the Integration Guideto quickly complete SDK integration and acceptance. Mobile Game Hardening
Mobile Game Hardening can be customized based on the characteristics of mobile game applications, establishing a comprehensive feature matrix that includes game code protection, comprehensive anti-debugging, resource protection, and anti-dynamic unpacking. With stable performance as a prerequisite, it combats game tampering and cracking, safeguarding game security.
Product Advantages
Stability
Continuously and stably runs across nearly a hundred mobile games and hundreds of millions of users, with particularly stable performance in games with tens of millions of daily active users.
Multi-Language Support
ACE fully supports various versions for Android and iOS, including Java, C++, and C# integration.
Multi-Game Engine Adaptability
Fully supports various game engines such as Unity3D, Cocos 2D, and Unreal Engine 4.