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With a market of more than 3.2 billion gamers globally and an economy size of $180 billion, video game culture has been established as a key focal point in brands' 2024 marketing strategies. Despite its wide-ranging demographics, advertisers are beginning to become aware that at the heart of
In November 2023, Yahoo Advertising decided to shut the doors on its premium SSP platform and instead announced huge advancements in its publisher-direct DSP offering, Yahoo Backstage. The revamped DSP offering focused on the integration of a carefully selected list of over 100 premium publishers including Warner Bros Discovery, Xbox,
July 2, 2024 – Overwolf, a world-leading platform empowering brands and advertisers to reach over 100M+ monthly gamers, today announced the global expansion of its Brand Partnerships team. The newly appointed team members include Nathan Lindberg as US Head of Brand Partnerships, Aimee Baller as Head of Brand Partnerships for the
June 17, 2024 — CurseForge, the world’s largest repository of mods and addons for video games, today announced a collaboration with Hasbro, a leading toy and game company, to bring the iconic POWER RANGERS franchise into ARK: Survival Ascended - the critically acclaimed survival game by Studio Wildcard. With more
We’re thrilled to announce that Overwolf, the all-in-one platform that enables creators to build, share, and monetize in-game apps, mods, and private servers, today announced the acquisition of NitroPay (rebranding to "Nitro"), a gaming ad tech company that helps website publishers monetize their site traffic and maximize
As a company at the forefront of gaming globally, we have somewhat of a privileged view with regards to the evolution of the marketing tools needed for success. Those familiar with our industry will know how central influencer marketing is as a lever for growth with regards to expanding your
Welcome to the Overwolf Devs Newsletter for March 2024!
Welcome to the Overwolf Devs Newsletter for February 2024!
In a recent December 2023 report by Comscore — the renowned platform for advertisers to gauge and analyze media engagement — Overwolf has continued to scale to the upper echelons of gaming media properties. Sitting amongst the industry giants of Twitch, Roblox, Epic Games and Activision Blizzard, Overwolf jumped 21% in unique
In 2023, Roblox, Fortnite, and Overwolf combined paid over $1 billion to creators. Overwolf, which includes the CurseForge platform as the…
It should come as no surprise that fashion brands were first movers into the ever-expanding world of gaming from an advertising…
This week, world-leading game industry consultancy Naavik released their comprehensive State of UGC 2024 report; unpacking the major steps…
As the advertiser engines start firing up in 2024, gaming continues to cement itself as a stand-alone vertical of interest for every brand…
Welcome to the Overwolf Devs Newsletter for December 2023!
2023 has seen another meteoric rise of advertising specifically targeting gamers. Away from endemic gaming products, the fast-moving…
Since 2010, Overwolf has worked tirelessly to build the ecosystem for the in-game creator economy through our industry-leading tech stack…
The gaming industry continues to surge to unparalleled heights, surpassing the music and movie sectors in terms of influence and revenue…
As a new year is fast approaching, it’s important to document the maturation of both brands and agencies in their strategies of reaching…