At Magic Media, we’ve always prided ourselves on being a one-stop studio offering a quality of entertainment services like no other. With Cyrex joining the Magic Media ranks, we now officially add their prestigious and peerless security and load testing expertize meaning we truly have an offering like no other. The penetration testing and load testing services offered by us now cannot be matched with our combined service offering.
No matter what service or how comprehensive our collaboration, the capacity for a secure and stable game or software on top of it is unmatched. To give you a little insight into what that means, let’s take a look at the incredible results that the newly combined Magic Media team can achieve.
Load Testing and Penetration Testing with Tencent
Working with Tencent has been an incredible experience. Delivering both load testing services and cybersecurity penetration testing services to such a titan of the gaming industry put our teams and skills to the test. We were more than a match for the task however, receiving a fantastic testimonial from the Tencent team regarding our stance as “clearly the market leader” for load and penetration testing.
We’ve proudly been referred by the Tencent group to many of their game development teams and provided the following testimonial:
“They provide us with confidence that our game titles will go to market without major security or scalability issues at launch. They go beyond simple API endpoint testing and offer full player representative load testing which enables backend and online systems to be tested as one. The output quality of their reports is extremely high and they provide actionable feedback that enables our teams to address potentially critical issues before they hit the public. Highly recommend. 10/10.”
Penetration Testing on Live Services with Avalanche Studios Group
The Avalanche Studios Group are another impressive name in the industry, delivering titles like Just Cause, Rage 2, and Generation Zero. We’ve had the pleasure of assisting them with penetration testing services for live service using their in-house ‘Apex Engine’. Used by multiple games in their portfolio, we were sought out by Avalanche to help them identify and resolve security vulnerabilities before they could affect the company reputation and player safety.
Our penetration testing services focused on an array areas susceptible to malicious actions including registration & authentication, user & account management, friend & Clan systems, inventory management, matchmaking, and Twitch integration. Once our collaboration was complete, they left us with this testimonial:
“[They’ve] quickly become an important partner to Avalanche Studios Group. Most recently, they supported our efforts to scale up the multiplayer capabilities of our Apex engine, which greatly benefits several of our live service games. Their team delivers quality, flexibility, and are a pleasure to work with.”
Grey Box Penetration Testing for DOOM Eternal
The Cyrex team, early in our collaboration, had the incredible opportunity to conduct Grey Box penetration testing for Bethesda’s DOOM Eternal! Security engineers were contracted to handle backend non-gameplay services of DOOM Eternal with a focus on the validity of server-side security controls. Their ethical hacking expertize targeted functionalities such as the matchmaking system, party and party management systems, creation and registration of player accounts, session management and authentication, and in-game achievement and rewards.
Our security engineers found a number of vulnerabilities ranging from low priority to some that Bethesda marked as critical. Happy with our services, we engaged in sanity and regression testing once patching was complete and DOOM Eternal entered player hands more secure and ready for the hordes of hell!
White Box Penetration Testing on Raid: Shadow Legends
Lastly, a name recognized by every player out there! The security team had the opportunity to conduct full white box penetration testing on Raid: Shadow Legends testing the Unreal Engine game on both PC & Mobile with a focus on the live service elements.
We tested multiple core features including the reward system, in-game shop, upgrade system, building system, heroes and characters, daily bonuses, and the battle system. The results of our full source code evaluation and deep dive discovered several critical vulnerabilities which the Plarium team were pleased to solve. The White Box package allowed the team to offer a full rundown of the source code for weak points and how they could be addressed. Once all was said and done, Plarium had this to say:
“[They] have proven to be a deeply specialized security firm that is incredibly experienced in the gaming industry. They worked on a wide range of different assets including multiplayer games, launchers, and platforms, and consistently delivered excellent results exceeding industry standards. We’re looking forward to more fruitful collaborations.”
Comprehensive Gaming Services Like Nothing Else
Now, when you need any of our plethora of services such as full-cycle game development, art production, or game VFX, you can now leverage an even stronger, gold standard security and load testing team. All in the same place, part of one package, seamless and simple. While many of these examples focused on security testing, we have many new and exciting projects that all focus on our load testing services and our incredible Swarm technology. So, keep an eye on our socials and our website to see what we have in store!
Get in touch with our one-stop studio today for services such as full-cycle game development, art production, or game VFX, and, together, let’s create magic!
