Customer Introduction
Founded in 1995 and part of the Kingsoft Group, Seasun Games is one of China’s earliest and most influential game studios. It is best known for its JX Online franchise. The studio’s AAA mech combat title Mecha Break achieved global breakout success—on launch day, it topped Steam’s best-seller charts in 12 countries, with over 310,000 concurrent players at its peak, and ranked Top 3 in global new release charts on PSN and Xbox.
Challenges & Goals
As a global mech-based competitive shooter, Mecha Break faces an exceptionally high security risk profile:
High Risk Gameplay Mechanics
Beyond conventional cheats such as wallhacks and aimbots, the game often risks exposure to more complex exploit scenarios, including bullet tracking, zero-delay target locking, distance-agnostic hit registration and emerging DMA-based cheats that directly manipulate core combat logic.
Global Black-Market Risk
During Closed Beta and Open Beta phases, the game’s high visibility made it a prime target for organized cheating groups worldwide. Early monitoring identified active involvement from both domestic and overseas black-market operators, significantly increasing cheat risks ahead of its full release.
Why Tencent Cloud
To address the escalating security risks of high-profile, competitive gameplay, Tencent Cloud deployed Anti-Cheat Expert (ACE) as a comprehensive, multi-layered protection solution that combines proactive vulnerability discovery, dynamic cheat intelligence and full lifecycle defense.
Proactive Vulnerability Discovery and Protection
ACE systematically analyzes core game logic and execution paths to identify potential security loopholes and exploit risks early. Based on the analysis, the platform delivers actionable remediation recommendations, allowing developers to quickly resolve close logic-level vulnerabilities before they are exposed or exploited.
Cheat Collection and Testing
ACE continuously monitors mainstream cheat distribution channels, collects cheat samples at scale and shares intelligence directly with the game team. These samples are also used for controlled testing and verification, forming a closed-loop workflow that strengthens detection accuracy and accelerates countermeasure development against emerging cheat variants.
Advanced Anti-Cheat Detection
ACE delivers cheat-resistant, system-level detection capabilities, including client hardening, suspicious behavior validation, kernel-level inspection, machine-based banning and automated analysis.
Multi-Platform Compatibility for Global Releases
To support simultaneous multi-platform launches, ACE offers targeted compatibility and protection across major ecosystems, including Steam, PC-console platforms and Google Play.
Highlighted Benefits
Tencent Cloud’s Anti-Cheat Expert (ACE) delivers intelligence-driven, end-to-end anti-cheat protection that significantly strengthens game security and fairness at scale. By combining high-coverage monitoring of external cheat distribution channels and behavior-based detection and rapid countermeasures, ACE was able to identify and counter nearly 40 cheat variants within the first month of deployment in Mecha Break, achieving a 100% effectiveness rate against detected samples.
This proactive, closed-loop approach not only prevents cheats from reaching live environments, but also disrupts cheat propagation at the source, and raises the cost of cheat development. As a result, it reduces operational pressure on game teams, and delivers a visibly cleaner, fairer gameplay experience for players worldwide.