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The blue shells and the bob-ombs of Gamescom 2017

Gamescom is, to all intents and purposes, very much the sexier, more refined European cousin to E3’s bold, brash American convention. If E3 is a Michael Bay movie (all big bucks, explosions and exposition), then Gamescom, which wrapped up this week...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Inspiration

Creating a meat milkshake for serious Diablo 4 gamers | #BehindTheIdea

To launch the eagerly awaited fourth installment in Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo series, B-Reel has revealed its new campaign daring gamers to taste something no one on earth has ever tried before: a Demon Meat Shake. After the open Beta...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

Behind the Idea: Grey unleashes the Hunger Hammer on hungry gamers

Last week, Pringles unveiled a rather unique gaming headset that doubles as an automatic Pringles dispenser. Whilst it might sound on the surface like some form of particularly creative torture, this bizarre invention was actually dreamt up by Grey...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

DDB Stockholm let gamers pay for gaming time with dirty underwear

Getting teenagers to help out around the house and do their chords has proven increasingly difficult with this more technologically in-tune generation, and the constant access to games, social media and digital entertainment doesn’t make it any...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Leaders

McCann London recruits gamers for unique Halo 5 campaign

For many gamers (perhaps a few Creativepoolers amongst them), today is not simply the 27th of October 2015, it's the day they've been waiting on for years. The launch of Halo 5: Guardians, the latest entry in the blockbuster gaming franchise, and the...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

Angry Birds 2 gets bigger, badder, birdier

Whilst it probably won’t go down in history as one of the very best video games of all time, Angry Birds is arguably one of the most important and influential, especially of recent years. Indeed, years before it was dethroned by the godawful...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Leaders

The gamers nightmare before (and after) Christmas

If you unwrapped and unboxed a brand spanking new Playstation 4 or Xbox One console on Christmas morning, only to be met with a barrage of error messages and broken dreams, you were certainly not the only one. Indeed, both Sony's Playstation Network...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Leaders

Mikael Hed leaves Angry Bird creators, Rovio Entertainment

It was announced over the weekend that Finnish mobile gaming company Rovio Entertainment's CEO, Mikael Hed is to leave the company after five years, which have seen him helm them through a genuine pop culture phenomenon in the shape of Angry Birds;...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Inspiration

Angry Bird Brands

Yakushev Grigory is an artist and graphic designer based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Grigory re-invents famous logos as different angry birds from a popular game for the parody series entitled Angry Brands. I'd be more inclined to buy these brands...

Posted by: Creativepool
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Leaders

#techtuesday: Harry Potter coding kits, 3D-printed guns and other stories

Creativity, code and magic with Kano’s Harry Potter Coding Kit Kano, a company best-known for its build-it-yourself computers and coding kits, has launched a new tool teaching kids and adults to code through the magical world of Harry Potter....

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Leaders

The Week in Tech

Windows 10 hits home The internet was awash with praise this weekend after Windows 10 began quietly slipping into the inboxes of eager Windows 7 and 8.1 users across the world. Some of the highly mooted features include the ability to stream Xbox...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Features

When AI Marketing Goes Wrong: The Willa Wonky Washout #MarketingMonth

For over a year now we’ve been waxing lyrical on this site about the creative potential of AI, but we’ve also never shied away from highlighting the potential pitfalls. One of those pitfalls was underlines quite spectacularly this week...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Inspiration

The Transmedia Opportunity for Games

Written by the Strategy team at Waste Creative. Marvel, DC, Star Wars, Barbie, Lego… we watch their movies and shows, read their comics, collect their merch and in many cases, play their video games. They’re the epitome of something called...

Posted by: Teodora Miscov
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Features

The existential horror of virtual influencers #PredictionsMonth

If you thought the bog-standard former Love Island contestants and overly enthusiastic gamers that make up so much of the influencer space were bad, you ain’t seen nothing yet. This year, with AI entrenched in our culture in a way that would...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Workshop

How to create and build an engaged eco community online

Back in the lockdown summer of 2020 we launched Earthtopia, a channel to help people ease eco-anxiety and highlight solutions to the climate crisis. As an specialist communications agency, we work with many sustainability-focused clients but we also...

Posted by: 33Seconds
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Features

Creative Trends That Will Dominate 2024 #YearInReview

We’ve already looked back at the year that was 2023 and what a year it was. But what kind of magazine would we be if we didn’t also cast our sights on the next 12 months? Of course, there are a few trends you can expect to see pop up...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Industry

India's Emerging iGaming Scene

India, a nation with a passion for sports embedded in its cultural DNA, is witnessing a remarkable surge in its iGaming landscape, and sports betting is emerging as a major player in this digital renaissance. From the adrenaline rush of online...

Posted by: Creativepool Partner
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Inspiration

When Branding, Politics & Capitalism Collide

We live in a dangerously divided world where politics, branding, and capitalism continue to collide. Fueled by social media’s immediacy, vast reach, and influence, and a society stoked by activism, we’ve never been more socially...

Posted by: Lysle Wickersham
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Inspiration

Showing some historic pride with Agency59 | #CompanySpotlight

This week, we're shining our company spotlight on legacy Canadian shop Agency59. We spoke to Brian Howlett, Chief Creative Officer, to get the inside scoop. How was your company born and where are you based? We were founded in 1959 in Toronto as...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Inspiration

Bowie: what can creatives learn from Moonage Daydream?

David Bowie was a true renaissance man - a musician, actor, writer, artist, producer and more. His creative influence resonates as much today as it did when he was ‘Ziggy Stardust’. How Bowie approached his creative life, his influences...

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Features

Legends of Advertising: Mary Wells Lawrence | #HistoryMonth

Last history month, we highlighted Sir Martin Sorrell as our 2021 “legend of advertising.” A divisive figure still operating from the sidelines after stepping down from WPP in 2018, Sorrell is very much the kind of person most people...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
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Features

Luxury that lasts: Six tenets for timelessness

From business models to branding, ideas of luxury are shifting rapidly. Keeping up with tech, anticipating sector developments and being part of cultural conversations are only a handful of essentials for luxury brands who wish to sustain the...

Posted by: Matter Of Form
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Leaders

Enjoying getting kicked in the nuts with Spencer Buck | #GettingToKnow

Spencer Buck studied at the revered Somerset College of Arts & Technology before landing his first job at drink's packaging specialists Blackburn’s. Two years later, he left London and helped run a small creative agency near Bath with two of...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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Workshop

Streaming kings - The growing power of influencer marketing on Twitch

Matt Woods, CEO and founder of influencer marketing agency AFK Digital explains the power, potential and reach of influencer marketing on Twitch. Twitch is known as a live-streaming platform for gamers, however its growth over the last number of...

Posted by: Creativepool Editorial

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