January can seem like an entertainment wasteland. Whether it’s movies, TV or gaming, companies classically view January as a hibernation period or – more nefariously – a dumping ground for botched projects. For 505 Games and Typhoon Studios though, this lull provided the perfect launching pad for our PR endeavors with laugh-a-minute sci-fi exploration game, […]

Tens of millions of gamers around the world tune in to The Game Awards each year to witness their favorite games and developers take home some of the industry’s most coveted awards. For 505 Games and Remedy Entertainment, The Game Awards were a gold-plated cap on an already stellar year, and we were stoked to […]

From the day we revealed Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King, it was clear that each of these titles left an indelible mark in the lives of many gamers – anticipation was high. With two fan-favorite games refreshed for modern consoles, a ton of bonus content and multiple playable retro versions of each […]

‘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 […]

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 […]

Meet our killer new fall intern, Tripp Papineau. He has a borderline encyclopedic knowledge of videogames and the industry, which should really come has no surprise since he worked as a gaming journalist for nearly five years. Check your briefing books fellow PR people, you may have even given Tripp a demo or two! Tripp […]

Despite the enormity of the task, performing media relations for the launch of a AAA videogame is an exciting privilege. This past month, we found ourselves coordinating and juggling hundreds of review and interview requests for Remedy Entertainment’s Control amid helping publisher 505 Games build a solid schedule of PAX West media and influencer requests […]

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. […]

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 […]

The initial reveal of PlayStation VR exclusive Golem back in December 2015 at PlayStation Experience immediately enraptured eager press and consumers hungry for more VR content in the earlier days of the platform. And, coming from a studio like Highwire Games, chock-full of impressive industry talent making their name through titles such as Halo and […]