MWeb recorded 50 000 unique online gamers in May, an increase of 35% since June 2011.
The ISP says hardcore gamers on Microsoft's Xbox Live, Sony's PlayStation and online PC gaming platforms are increasingly choosing its gaming platform.
Nathier Kasu, GM of MWeb Digital, says MWeb gives gaming traffic the highest priority and assurance levels on its network, ensuring online gamers of low latency, without the need for a specific gaming product.
“We believe MWeb GameZone's growth is due to giving gamers what they really want - an excellent gameplay experience, local content and local servers,” says Kasu.
Desmond Kurz, MWeb's online gaming manager, says the growth echoes MyGaming's March survey, in which MWeb was named the most popular ADSL ISP among local gamers.
The ISP also hosts local content servers for two of the largest digital gaming content providers, GamersGate and Valve's Steam. GamersGate has the largest online catalogue of games with more than 4 000 titles.
MWeb GameZone manages more than 160 of its own gaming servers for over 50 titles, with Sniper Elite Version 2 being the latest addition.
“Given that gamers are very community-driven, we've looked to provide them with servers to play on, as well as the opportunity to interact with us via the GameZone community Web site, forums, Facebook and Twitter. We're also doing major game launches at our MCave gaming entertainment area at our offices in Cape Town, giving gamers the chance to see games as they are released.
“By creating interactive platforms for our customers, we're able to stay abreast of whatever their needs are as new titles are released,” Kurz says.
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