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The PR Lebowski Drops PR Expertise on the GameDevAdvice Podcast

Working in the PR business for 23 years, our very own “PR Lebowski,” Johner Riehl, has amassed a wealth of knowledge and experience. He recently dropped in on the gaming industry focused podcast GameDevAdvice for an overview of the past, current, and future state of gaming PR. On the latest episode of the GameDevAdvice podcast, […]

Celebrating Three Million KartRider Rush+ Pre-Registrations with Nexon Korea

Earlier this month, we helped our partners at Nexon Korea reach and celebrate the achievement of three million pre-registrations for KartRider Rush+, setting the mobile racing game well on its way to becoming another major hit game for Nexon Korea. Our ongoing partnership with Nexon Korea lets us flex our global PR experience by expanding […]

Celebrating Two Years of Worldwide PR Success with PUBG MOBILE

Earlier this month, we helped our partners at Tencent Games celebrate the second anniversary of PUBG MOBILE. Having supported PUBG MOBILE from its beta period, through launch and to its second anniversary, it’s been awesome to be a part of the most popular mobile game in the world, especially because a portion of our office […]

Wonacott Shoots and Scores with NBA NOW

‘Tis the season… for basketball! Just in time for the 2019-20 season, we assisted our partners at GAMEVIL slam dunk the launch of NBA NOW on iOS and Android devices with some championship level PR support. As is always the case when working on an officially licensed game, the stakes were high – like, too […]

Wonacott Highlights Indivisible’s Hand-Drawn Art Style to Stun Media Reviewers

505 Games already published two of 2019’s best games with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night and Control, but we all know “good things come in threes” and Indivisible is here to make the cliché a reality! From the videogame wizards at Lab Zero Games (Skullgirls), Indivisible’s action-RPG platforming and upbeat battle system had us hooked […]

Striking a Chord with Press, Influencers and Consumers for No Straight Roads at PAX West

Seattle-based PAX West is a prime opportunity to reach not just key press and influencers, but a major North American consumer audience fanatical about all things gaming and geek culture. For publisher Sold Out and dev studio Metronomik, it was a no-brainer to showcase music-based action adventure game No Straight Roads (NSR) at the show. […]

Overcoming Behind-the-Scenes Hurdles at PAX West

Live events pretty much always present unexpected challenges, large or small, and this PAX West was no exception. We were heading to the event to demo music-based action game No Straight Roads for the major crowds of press, influencers and consumers with our friends at Sold Out, when we were suddenly faced with an unexpected […]

Playing the tune of emcee and company rep in Nash-Vegas for GameStop 2019 GME Conference

When our partners at U&I Entertainment, a major retail distributor for videogames, asked us to host their Training Room at GameStop’s 2019 GME Conference in Nashville, Tenn. we acknowledged it was an odd request of their PR team. Despite the task being outside our typical M.O., we knew experience in distilling and communicating key messages, […]

Celebrating 16 Years of Exploring Entropia Universe’s Massive Worlds

In 2003 while most of us were jamming out to 50 Cent and The Black-Eyed Peas, the developers of Entropia Universe were launching what would become one of the longest-standing multiplayer games in the world. Earlier this month, we helped our partners at MindArk celebrate the multi-world massively multiplayer (MMO) game’s 16-year anniversary. This impressive […]

Getting Big-Time Attention for a Small-Time Indie Game

The last thing a small indie developer wants is for their game to be ignored. But videogame marketplaces such as Steam are being flooded with new games every day, making it extremely difficult for indie developers to stand out from the crowd. Even though STONE, Convict Games’ debut about a drunken koala private detective’s psychedelic […]