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Oct 17, 2024

How Ponos' Battle Cats clawed back more than a million lost players

CASE STUDY: Gaming company Ponos and creative arm RGA resurrected a struggling mobile game that was deemed too 'complex'. The game eventually achieved triple-digit growth and regained over a million lapsed players.

Aug 3, 2024

Gaming hits nearly $200 billion, but advertisers remain cautious

Gaming is a nearly $200 billion juggernaut, dwarfing both the movie and music industries. So why are advertisers still hesitant to cash in?

May 27, 2024

How JBL's brief to prove sound superiority brought gaming to the visually impaired

‘We didn’t know if this was possible’: By spurning the easy campaign route, the Singapore-based BLKJ Havas team chose to pioneer gaming accessibility for a new audience and brand alike with JBL Quantum Guide Play.

Apr 30, 2024

Gamers are not who brands think they are

From geeks to grandmas, the traditional gamer persona no longer holds true. So what does it mean for brands?

Mar 1, 2024

Where is China’s gaming industry headed next?

A draft legislation was published in December outlining plans to restrict in-game purchases in a bid to curb “obsessive” gaming behaviour in China. Then it disappeared. What happens next?

Jan 24, 2024

Riot Games lays offs 11% of total workforce worldwide

As Tencent's Riot Games announced it's laying off more than 500 employees globally, industry experts are left wondering how to create sustainability in gaming models that go beyond a dependency on ad spend.