Solid State Networks, a leading developer of high-performance, low-cost, distributed content delivery solutions, today announced a significant addition to its growing focus in the gaming industry. Online game publisher, Acclaim Games, has licensed the Solid Axis™ suite, the company’s state-of-the-art peer-assisted delivery technology, for the launch of the highly anticipated 2Moons® Free to Play MMORPG.

With all the tremendous hype surrounding the release of 2Moons, the large volume of expected simultaneous game downloads could have potentially overwhelmed the delivery system and magnified costs significantly.  Solid State Networks’ innovative technology helped Acclaim successfully deliver an astonishing 500,000 downloads of the 2Moons game within the first month of release, resulting in the biggest opening launch ever for an Acclaim online game title.

“Using Solid State’s technology, we have achieved a combination of faster download speeds during peak demand and lower per-game delivery costs,” said Howard Marks, CEO of Acclaim Games. “We are extremely pleased with these results and will be expanding use of this technology to all of our game titles.”

In support of the launch of 2Moons, Solid State deployed its software solution as an overlay to content delivery network infrastructure provided by BandCon, made possible through a partnership announced by the companies last month.  Every player acquiring the game was assured reliable delivery by connecting to one of multiple servers deployed in North America and Europe.  Concurrently, each player also temporarily participated in a closed P2P network during the transfer process.  In this manner, each player receives pieces of each file from many different sources, speeding download times, and reducing the dependence on the provisioned delivery infrastructure. During the launch of 2Moons, over 50 percent of the data was transferred among the peer network, while some users reported transfer rates as high as 1000KB/sec.

“We are both honored and thrilled that Acclaim has entrusted us with this critical component of their business,” said Rick Buonincontri, founder and CEO of Solid State Networks. “As early adopters of peer-assisted technology, they are demonstrating that they continue to be thought of as leaders in the online video game industry.”