To promote the immersive gaming worlds players can access through its PlayStation 5 (PS5) console, Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has released a campaign in which it imagines journalists reporting live from within their games’ action-packed narratives. These games include Spiderman, Resident Evil, God of War and Gran Turismo. Created by DDB-owned creative production company Cain&Abel,…
Some of the best TV right now has been coming from delightfully and unabashedly nerdy sources. TV adaptations of The Wheel of Time, The Rings of Power, The Sandman and House of the Dragon are streaming beloved storylines from high fantasy and sci-fi literature to living rooms across the world. Leveraging IP with an established…
In summer 2022, a viral tweet showing 1993 classic game Doom running on a McDonald’s kiosk sent gamers wild. As it turns out, the inspired “hack” was a Photoshop job. Now archrival Burger King has now brought gaming to its self-service screens for real. Expanding on its collaboration with Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare…
The video game industry is dominated by men, which means that games tend to have fewer female characters and the ones that do exist are often highly sexualized. International nonprofit Girls Who Code is looking to close that gap by launching Girls Who Code Girls, a mobile and desktop experience that allows users to program…
When wellness brand Liquid I.V. flowed into the gaming category with creator sponsorships on Twitch, it was entering uncharted territory in its 10-year brand history. Liquid I.V. felt its brand was endemic to gaming and saw Twitch as a massive opportunity to reach games through livestreaming, as the Amazon-owned platform averaged 2.78 million concurrent viewers…
Players of Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: New Horizon can periodically find a rusted part by rifling through the recycling bin on their virtual island. And while some might consider a rusted hunk of metal trash, Intel and Dell Technologies saw an opportunity to turn them into in-game treasures and opportunities to promote their own recycling efforts….
Kraft Heinz’s frozen food brand Delimex is giving an assist to gamers in the name of snacks. In its first campaign after a rebrand, Delimex is “Feeding Gamers” literally and figuratively. Through Nov. 18, Delimex is creating a team in three games–Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Warzone 2 and Overwatch 2–and…
For 22 years, Electronic Arts’ The Sims video game series has used a diamond-like icon dubbed The Plumbob to allow players to see their active character’s mood. The new brand platform “Spark Something” uses that design element as a way to show how players find inspiration from the simulation game and spread it to others….
Gaming publisher King, the company behind mobile phenomenon Candy Crush, will build its use of creators, alongside its YouTube and TikTok strategies, as its focus on creating “niche communities” grows. Speaking at Social Media Week Europe, King’s director of social marketing and creators Roberto Kusabbi outlined the strategy while discussing the success of the 10-year-old…
Ahead of the release of the Dragonflight expansion for World of Warcraft Nov. 28, video game company Activision Blizzard partnered with Twitter–prior to the social network’s takeover by Elon Musk last week and massive layoffs this week–to kick off a #WarcraftStory promotion. This activation will encourage World of Warcraft players to tweet details about their…
Burger Town, a fictional chain with a logo that resembles Burger King’s, has been featured in Activision’s Call of Duty video games for more than a decade. Now, Burger King is tapping into that connection with the “Burger Six, Going Dark” campaign from David New York running ahead of the Oct. 27 launch of Call…
The digital experiences being described collectively as “the Metaverse” has gained a great deal of traction in the last two years, so much so that Strategic Market Research has valued the global market value at $47.48 billion. That value is expected to surpass $678.80 billion by 2030. With Meta joining forces with Microsoft around the…
In 1934, the Chatham Coloured All-Stars made history by being the first-ever all-Black team to win an Ontario Baseball Association Championship. Though not many of us were alive to see it, we can now revisit this historic win through the video game MLB The Show 22, which now allows players to step onto the field…
Call of Duty is one of the most popular multiplayer video game franchises, with teams working together to eliminate opponents and achieve objectives to earn points. Activision is looking to build excitement ahead of the Oct. 28 release of the latest game in the series, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, with a star-studded “Squad…
Whether it’s in sports or in video games, elite players go where they can be a playmaker and game-changer. After nearly two decades at Nike uplifting underserved athletes and customers, Jordan Women’s vice president and general manager Andrea Perez sees a similarly challenging playing field in gaming. This month, Perez joins Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE)…
Though the pandemic shut down Twitch’s TwitchCon for a time only to see it temporarily replaced with the virtual GlitchCon, this gathering of livestreamers, fans and peers made a big return in July with its Amsterdam edition. Continuing the theme of coming back bigger than ever in 2022, the convention has tapped Megan Thee Stallion…
If you were a child of the 1980s or ’90s, you probably remember My Little Pony. Though the colorful, miniature horse figurines may not be as prevalent in children’s bedrooms today, the brand has lived on through a media franchise and even gained a cult following among adults. The Hasbro toy’s new adventure sees the…
According to research run by games maker Hasbro, eight out of 10 people fight while playing the board game Monopoly, an insight which has led to the creation of a brand campaign in Belgium. The classic game, recommended for ages eight-plus, which challenges players to land on and buy as much of the property on…
Meta is pulling the plug on its attempt to carve into Twitch’s niche, saying last week that its standalone Facebook Gaming application will be shut down Oct. 28 and pulled from the Apple App Store and Google Play. The Android app rolled out globally in April 2020, with the aim of making it easier for…
Britain’s competition watchdog has identified “potential concerns” around the $68.7 billion deal agreed by Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard and how it may hurt the U.K. industry. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has claimed that the acquisition could “substantially lessen” competition in the gaming sector around gaming console sales, multi-game subscription services and cloud…
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