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No longer will Electronic Arts outsource the in-game advertising in its games. To date, said advertising has been handled by outside firms including Massive.

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No longer will Electronic Arts outsource the in-game advertising in its games. To date, said advertising has been handled by outside firms including Massive Incorporated and IGA Worldwide. At a press event earlier this week, however, …

Hyundai; Luther Strange advertise in Super Bowl – Financial …

The second in-game ad , titled “10 years/Favre,” featured Brett Favre, quarterback of this season’s NFC North champion Minnesota Vikings. Favre was included in a spot featuring Hyundai’s 10-year, 100000-mile warranty. In the 30-second ad …

News: EA to ditch in-game ad partners and sell direct

Electronic Arts is to drop in-game advertising partners IGA Worldwide and Massive Inc. and sell its ads in-house. According to a report by digital marketing site clickz, the publisher held an event in New York earlier this week where it …

EA to Ditch Massive and IGA, Will Sell In-Game Ads Direct | Video …

EA to Ditch Massive and IGA, Will Sell In-Game Ads Direct Game publisher held its first upfront event in New York this week, pitching its range of new titles.

EA shifting ad sales in-house starting with Madden NFL 11 …

EA’s been keen on in-game advertising since 2006, and, two years ago, signed a pretty big deal with in-game ad provider Massive. Apparently, though, EA won’t be re-upping that agreement. As Mediaweek reports, the publisher has instead …

EA shifting ad sales in-house starting with Madden NFL 11 | Gaming …

As Mediaweek reports, the publisher has instead decided to take it upon itself to coordinate in-game ad sales starting with Madden NFL 11 . Elizabeth Harz from EA’s global media sales division says it’s basically a situation in which EA …

FT.com | Tech Blog | Microsoft has iPhone ad ambitions « CTRL-F5

No Microsoft games are available, but the new head of Massive, its in-game advertising acquisition, has designs on selling ads on the iPhone, both inside and outside games. “Apple doesn’t have an ad platform,” JJ Richards (pictured) … …

EA Brings In-Game Ad Sales In-House | Getmo Game News

The release of Madden NFL 11 this summer will mark the beginning of a new shift in policy for publisher Electronic Arts—they will sell all the in-game advertisements themselves.Previously the company had relied on third-party in-game ad …

Game Over: EA Brings Ad Sales In-House

Videogame publishing giant Electronic Arts is planning to take all of its ad sales in-house, meaning that it will end its relationships with in-game ad companies Massive Inc. and IGA Worldwide sometime this year. …

GDC 2010: Real Racing and Flight Control on the iPad with Firemint

It’s there to try — unfortunately, the content is a little light for a game with so many ads, but it’s one of the better integration models for in-game ads I’ve ever seen, and the extra commission for Firemint certainly help offset the …

RockYou’s Deal of the Day: High-Conversion CPE Ads for Social Games

DOTD is based on CPE, or Cost Per Engagement ads. RockYou says that DOTD is “social gaming’s first brand-sponsored” CPE in-game ad solution. Advertisers set an action to be completed — e.g., watch a video, download a coupon, …

Advertising in online games, and expand and develop business

Microsoft to pay a large-scale, and the company $ 400 million, and agents from advertising to video games. According to the Boston research firm Yankee Group, the in-game advertising in 2010 reached 20 billion US dollars. …

Revised video game financing list: 115 game companies raised …

Atakama Labs — $4 million for Chilean company doing games for social good. Investor: Austral Capital and COPEC-UC. 46. NeoEdge — $4 million for in-game ads for casual downloadable games. Investors: Vanedge Capital (Paul Lee) and …

Playboy Gets Into the Video Game :: MinOnline

In the past Playboy has tried its hand at video gaming, but in a new deal with 2K Games, the Playboy magazine itself will show up in the upcoming action adventure title Mafia II. In-game advertising takes many forms, including product …

Oh Wait. It’s Party TIme Again at ad:tech San Francisco : ad:tech blog

Topics included widgets, in-game advertising and in-cloud applications (server-hosted productivity supplements to Word and Excel). A representative from Facebook also discussed what ad models work well for the social network. …

xbox game consoles: Patched PS3 Games?

If Square Enix follows through initial reports and statements of patching and in-game advertisements , gamers might just see a game character using a too-real mobile phone or eating a burger. Yoichi Wada, Square Enix’s main man, …

MediaPost Publications Relevant Advertising With Bucks Off …

The research found that newer forms of online advertising , with ads using sound and video, widgets, in-game advertising and free gifts are gaining ground proving. In particular, says the report, gifts and branded applications online are …

UBM Says Outlook Stable As It Takes More Of Its Business Digital

And last month UBM announced it would buy in-game advertising agency Game Advertising Online for $1 million (plus a potential earn-out of $7 million). David Levin, CEO of UBM, says that 95 percent of profits now come from three of its …

Tag Team Champions: Performance Display and In-Game Advertising …

two complementary channels for direct response advertisers, as well as brand advertisers who have clear engagement metrics: performance display on social networks and in-game advertising .

In-Game Advertising « Mixed Marketing

The most important thing to remember with in-game advertising is that it has to be relevant, and can’t interrupt the users experience. (If it does you might end up on this list.) The ad needs to make the game more realistic, …

IGN: Six Days in Fallujah complete, awaiting release — Joystiq

Markez @ Mar 4th 2010 12:37PM. Something about in-game advertising and having a guy named Abdul serve up M&M Blizzards to the U.S. troops really grinds some people’s gears. vote up vote down Report Half a heart …

SmacK Blog: Advergaming: Advertising through video games

BTL Advergaming comprises of recruitment tools like In-game advertising , militiamen and edutainment. Usually the mascot of the particular company is depicted as the hero in such games. Pepsi man and Burger man were the mascots used in …

Bing’s Facebook Page Gets 400000 New Fans in a Day Through Ad …

Other companies are getting into providing branded offers, too, from established offer companies like TrialPay to newer ones like gWallet to traditional in-game advertising companies like WildTangent. Check out The Facebook Marketing …

The Selling Game: A Quest to Innovate: Branding in Video Games …

Pictures from eMarketronics · In-game advertising compilation · In-game advertising and video games industry: tren… ? September (10). The currency of online social networks, and the ne… Game developers define success …