Archive for the ‘PR’ Category

For Your Consideration – End-of-Year Awards

Aight people. It’s that time of year when “wtf?!?” and “what were they smoking?” become standard questions among fanboy gamers around the world. It’s awards season! In hopes of avoiding situations where deserving games are entirely overlooked in end-of-year-awards nominations – *cough* Witcher 2 no-showing in the VGA Best RPG category *cough* – we put [...]

Monkey Tales Games Are Now Available

If you’ve got kids, check it: Monkey Tales Games Blur the Line Between Education and Entertainment MEDEA-Nominated Educational Series Now Available on PC Internationally Ghent-Bruges-Los Angeles, November 7th 2011. Monkey Tales Games, the companion game series for the official school program, is now available internationally. Die Keure, Belgium’s leading educational publisher, and Larian Studios, one of Europe’s [...]

Announcing Hard Reset, a Case Study in Shortened PR Campaigns

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We teased it two weeks ago, and now it’s finally a real thing: Flying Wild Hog‘s debut title, Hard Reset, has been announced via an exclusive with PCGamer.com, and there’s a nice interviewy-type thing over at Beefjack.com for those interested in a bit more info. Hit those links to find out more about what sort [...]

We’re hiring. You’re excited.

We need help! Not mental, emotional or financial help… no, we need more people to do PR! If you want to help promote some awesome games with fantastic clients, hit our Jobs page and take a look at two positions we want to fill!

The True Cost of Selling Your Soul

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I applied for this job, but I can honestly say that it is not a position that I actively sought. Like many of my former colleagues in games journalism who’ve moved on, personal and financial pressures pushed me out and I applied to Evolve almost on a whim. I was genuinely surprised to be hired [...]

AdWeek Features Empire Avenue’s Money

Seeing a great media hit is always a nice way to start the day. This morning we woke up to an AdWeek feature about virtual currency, and Evolve client Empire Avenue leads the piece. Check it out. Empire Avenue has been a particularly interesting project, because we’ve really been experimenting with different key messages to [...]

How to Get Media Coverage For Your Game

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We get a lot of emails from people who want some advice about video game PR. Here’s a tip: hire us, you cheap jerk! Sorry, sorry… it’s Monday, and I may be a bit cranky. Admittedly, we do like getting paid to dispense advice, but I guess there’s some value in sharing years and years [...]

The Case of the Great Game Nobody Saw

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The games industry is a massive beast that churns out billions of dollars in revenue each year, much of which is generated by big-budget titles that become torchbearers for the medium itself: Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Mass Effect and so on. These games exude quality, with top-notch production values and extensive marketing budgets [...]

Blast From the Past: Dungeon Siege Live-Action Promo Vids

Was just reminiscing about the good ol’ days, when social media didn’t really exist and I was really just getting started in the freelance PR biz. Went ahead and tracked down some videos we put together to promote Dungeon Siege: Throne of Agony for PSP. Yes, this was a time when people also actually cared [...]

11 bit studios landing Anomaly: Warzone Earth previews

We took the 11 bit studios team out to meet with press and show off their ridiculously addictive and gorgeous reverse tower defense-style game, Anomaly: Warzone Earth. The game’s coming out in early 2011 on PC, iPhone, iPad and… who knows, maybe something else. Previews are starting to hit, and people are really digging it! [...]