Tencent Cloud Recognized as a Leader in Omdia's Global Cloud Platforms for Games 2026 Report for Second Consecutive Year
Tencent Cloud, the cloud business of global technology company Tencent, has been named a
"Leader" in the "Omdia Market Radar: Cloud Platforms for Games
2026" report. The company received the highest rating of "Advanced" in four key areas: Game Servers, Multiplayer Services, AI & Machine Learning, and LiveOps, highlighting its strengths across core gaming
infrastructure, live operations, and AI-driven innovation for game developers
worldwide.
Published by global market research and advisory firm Omdia, the
report marks the second consecutive year Tencent Cloud has been recognized as a
Market Leader. Omdia noted Tencent Cloud's unique position in the gaming
industry, with a cloud platform built on infrastructure originally developed to
support Tencent's own game portfolio. The report further recognized Tencent
Cloud's deep gaming expertise, extensive operational experience, and continued
investment in AI-powered technologies that support game development, live
operations, and player engagement.
Embedding AI Capabilities Across the Gaming Lifecycle
Over
the past year, Tencent Cloud has made AI the cornerstone of its gaming
solutions. Leveraging Tencent Games' deep well of proprietary AI technology and
operational experience, the company has successfully embedded large AI models
and intelligent agents directly into the game development pipeline. Today,
Tencent Cloud supports the entire game lifecycle, from initial art and design
to coding, testing, live-ops, and growth. By automating and enhancing tasks
like creative ideation, code generation, data analysis, and asset creation,
Tencent Cloud empowers development teams to maximize their efficiency and focus
on what matters most: unleashing their creativity.
Reflecting
the growing adoption of AI in gaming, Tencent Cloud's gaming AI solutions have
supported more than 150 game developing companies over the past three months,
while AI Agent usage across the gaming industry has increased by more than
three times year-over-year. Tencent Cloud's AI-powered productivity solutions
such as CodeBuddy and WorkBuddy, help streamline
coding, content production, project management, data analysis, and operational
workflows, improving efficiency across both technical and non-technical teams.
AI in Action: Powering Games Across the Global Stage
For
a live-service strategy RPG that spans multiple regions globally — like ZLONGAME's Dragon
Traveler — virtually every decision, from user acquisition and launch
timing to version updates, hinges on data. The studio deployed WorkBuddy to
fundamentally rethink how that data reaches the right teams. Instead of routing
every request through a dedicated data team, operations, marketing, and
customer service staff now pull insights on their own through WorkBuddy,
dramatically shortening the time from question to action.
At Yoozoo
Games, the focus has been on transforming content and creative production.
With WorkBuddy now embedded across more than 75% of the workforce,
non-technical roles — planners, artists, and marketers — can take a creative
brief and, through AI agents, generate storyboard scripts, layer in images,
video, and voiceovers, and deliver a finished video asset. A process that once
took several days has been compressed to roughly 20 minutes, making AI-powered
content creation part of the organization's daily rhythm.
Yokaverse took AI directly into the player experience.
Within its strategy card mobile game, Game of Heroes: Three Kingdoms,
the studio integrated Tencent Cloud's intelligent agent platform to deliver
real-time hero recommendations, in-game strategy Q&A, and character
introductions — giving players immediate, contextual advice on character
selection, skill usage, and team composition right when they need it.
Giant
Network pushed the concept even further
by turning AI into the opponent. In titles including Super Sus, the
studio worked with Tencent Cloud to build AI-driven NPC gameplay, where models
power non-player characters that react and take actions in real time — making
AI not just a tool behind the scenes, but a participant inside the game itself.
Driving the Future of Gaming Innovation
Today,
Tencent Cloud's global infrastructure footprint spans 23 geographic regions, 66
availability zones, and more than 3,000 acceleration nodes worldwide.
Supporting customers across Asia Pacific, Europe, North America, and beyond,
Tencent Cloud has become the preferred cloud provider for more than 98% of
China's leading game companies — including Xishanju, Perfect
World Games, and Yokaverse — with its gaming AI
capabilities spanning the full chain from data analysis and R&D efficiency
to creative production and in-game experiences.
Looking
ahead, Tencent Cloud will continue investing in AI technologies, intelligent
agents, gaming-focused cloud solutions, and global infrastructure. With growing
adoption across international markets, gaming remains a key pillar of Tencent
Cloud's growth strategy worldwide. By combining deep gaming expertise with
continuous AI innovations, Tencent Cloud remains committed to helping
developers work smarter, empowering them to create the next generation of
engaging, immersive gaming experiences for a global audience.
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