Advergames

Branded Casual Games Firm Arkadium Buys Advergame.com

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 21, 2009 - 7:09am.
New York - Arkadium, a developer of branded casual games for websites and casino operators, announced on Tuesday that it has acquired Advergame.com for an undisclosed sum.

National CineMedia to Bring "AudienceGame" to Theaters

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 20, 2008 - 11:16am.

Centennial, Colo. - National CineMedia, a provider of in-theater digital advertising and entertainment programming, announced on Thursday that it has partnered with Brand Experience Lab to bring its "AudienceGame" interactive game to movie theater screens. The 'advergame' "is played by theater audiences moving together to act as a 'human joystick' to control the gaming elements on the big screen," the company said. Brand Experience Lab said its custom AudienceGames for clients including MSNBC.com in the U.S. and Volvo in the U.K. have generated up to 70% unaided recall with audiences.

Zodiac Interactive, Skyworks Team on Set-top, Online Advergames

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 23, 2007 - 2:36pm.

Valley Stream, N.Y. - Zodiac Interactive, a provider of ad-supported and subscription-based games for distribution on TV set-top boxes, announced on Monday a partnership with Skyworks, a developer of ad-supported games. The companies will develop and deploy an Advergames service for online and set-top box distribution, which is slated to launch with over 13 million digital set-top subscribers in 2007.