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Games-video crossovers are coming of age

Samuel Griffin

8 Sep 2022

games video

Entertainment

Music discovery

Video and games crossover content is becoming mainstream. The Emmy winning Arcane, a live action remake of The Last of Us, indicated that games-inspired video is trailblazing at the core of entertainment...

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Are ‘picture-perfect’ games marketing campaigns detrimental to building continued engagement?

Karol Severin

1 Aug 2022

Stray

games marketing

Games

Last week, my social media feeds were taken over by the release of Stray (the ‘cat game’) trying to grab my attention. I suppose that this was to be expected – I’m a cat-owning games analyst after...

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Marketing a game? Put enough focus on Discord and TikTok

Karol Severin

7 Jun 2021

games marketing

TikTok

Discord

TikTok and Discord are essential channels for effective gamer targeting. MIDiA’s Q1 2021 survey states that weekly active user penetration of the two services over-indexes among mobile and console gamers...

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