🔧 The State of Data Streaming With Apache Kafka and Flink in the Gaming Industry

This blog post explores the state of data streaming for the gaming industry in 2023. The evolution of casual and online games, Esports, social platforms, gambling, and new business models require a reliable global data infrastructure, real-time end-to-end observability, fast time-to-market for new features, and integration with pioneering technologies like AI/machine learning, virtual reality, and cryptocurrencies. Data streaming allows integrating and correlating data in real-time at any scale to improve most business processes in the gaming sector much more cost-efficiently.

I look at game industry trends to explore how data streaming helps as a business enabler, including customer stories from Kakao Games, Mobile Premier League (MLP), Demonware / Blizzard, and more. A complete slide deck and on-demand video recording are included.