Rushdown Studios

Rushdown Studios is an independent game co-development and engineering studio focused on the technical demands of multiplayer, live-service, and cross-platform games. Founded in 2021, it works with AAA and premier independent developers on systems that help games launch, scale, and operate over time.

The studio’s work spans the backend and player-facing layers of game development. Its engineers support multiplayer networking, matchmaking, account and inventory systems, cross-progression, storefronts, communications features, telemetry, and game-client integration. Rushdown also provides cloud and DevOps services, including scalable infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code, security and cost optimization, incident response, and automated build and release pipelines.

Technical co-development

Rushdown’s capabilities include:

• Cloud microservices and scalable backend architecture
• Live operations, observability, anti-cheat, and online platform services
• CI/CD, multi-platform packaging, and build engineering
• Custom APIs, SDKs, and engine integration
• Technical UI/UX design and implementation for Unreal Engine and proprietary engines
• Gameplay systems, AI workflows, and developer tooling

The team works across Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, and PC, with experience in console certification requirements and technical compliance. Its UI/UX practice combines design mockups and prototyping with production implementation, including modern Unreal Engine UI frameworks.

Game credits

Rushdown has contributed engineering, online-services, backend, and infrastructure support to projects including King of Meat, Project Astrid, Omega Strikers, Spellcraft, League of Legends, Among Us, and Last Epoch. The company’s founders also brought prior experience from work on the PlayStation launch and online-service scalability of PUBG: Battlegrounds before establishing Rushdown.

With a team of engineers, technical artists, and live-service specialists, Rushdown operates as a technical partner for teams building complex connected games and ongoing player services.