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McKinney announced recently that the SPENT game they produced back in 2011 for the Urban Ministries of Durham (UMD) can now be played on smartphone and tablet devices. The game has been played more than 4 million times by over 2 million people in 218...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Unless you have a little kid with an interest in horseriding games, you may have not heard of Star Stable before. It was our case when we were approached by Star Stable with a much interesting story indeed. Before Star Stable arrived in 2011, no one...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
When we think of University Freshers, it conjures up images of glorious debauchery, taxi cabs doused in teenage vomit and Jägerbombs. What it doesn't bring to mind, even remotely, is the concept of responsible banking. It is, however, one of the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The festive season has always been a pretty important time for ad land. Given the capitalist nightmare it all became around the middle of the 20th century, it’s only natural that advertisers would take advantage of the rampant commercialism at...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Last month, Chromatic Brands launched a new online marketplace brand, including name, brand strategy, brand identity and campaign. Created on the promise ‘The exchange you’ll love’ the Onro brand is brought to life using...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
We’ve been hearing a great deal about the Donetsk region of Ukraine in recent months and for all the wrong reasons. The area has been occupied by Russian forces for 8 years now and now represents the first step in Putin’s nefarious scheme...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Creativepool has been named Best Specialist Job Board at the National Online Recruitment Awards 2021, in a night of celebrations at the Carisbrooke Hall in London. Selected alongside other niche UK job boards, Creativepool was commended as the Best...
Posted by: Creativepool
We’re approaching a somewhat more ‘normal’ Christmas for the first time in about two years, with restrictions being lifted and the vaccine being successfully rolled out across the world. Yet, a simple look will be enough to realise...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
Google Chrome has announced that it will drop support for third-party cookies entirely by 2023. That may sound like a long time, but it's truly behind the corner - and other tech giants are mostly moving in the same direction. Apple has been taking...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Did you know that, whether your next client’s business is relevant to gamers or not, it doesn’t really matter anymore? Surely if you want to create a fully-fledged integrated campaign to target a gaming audience, you should probably...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
How do you make the next iteration of your main sport game even more interesting for your players? How do you drive large scale awareness and engage with the local communities? Why, with a series of monumental murals, of course. As Electronic Arts...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Black Friday has fast become the standout date in the UK ecommerce calendar. It may well be yet another transatlantic import to the UK retail scene, but it’s a date that consumers are looking out for and a date that ecommerce brands have very...
Posted by: Stickyeyes
Direct-to-consumer (D2C) retailers are fast gaining ground in an overcrowded market at a time when high street retail’s woes are only deepening. As iconic brands like Barney’s and Victoria’s Secret struggle in the US and Mothercare...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
If you're a fan of video game art, then you're in the right place. Today’s innovations and improvements in game art design and development have been shaped by the first steps that were taken in the past. Today, video games are considered more...
Posted by: Dream Farm Studios
LOVE - Umbro Breaking news. UFOs have been discovered by Umbro and Premier League footballer Michael Antonio. The news broke following an ordeal in which comedian Brett Domino (alter ego of musician and comedian Rob J Madin) and Rich Hall were sent...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Calling all keyboard racers! In order to raise awareness of MORE TH>N SM>RT WHEELS - the black box car insurance that rewards you for safe driving - VCCP has created the first ever online driving game where it pays to drive safely. This addictive new...
Posted by: VCCP
Xbox are proudly shouting that Xbox Live is the UK’s fastest gaming network for playing FIFA 17 with an epic yet light-hearted new film featuring the Premier League stars Marcus Rashford and Willian. The film pastiches the serious tone of...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Most people will probably still remember Aardman as the studio that created the beloved Wallace & Gromit films, but in the last decade, the company has grown beyond the realms of humble, stop-motion cinema to become one of the most respected...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Google are rarely ones to be left in the dust, so when they announced their new suite of analytical tools, which have been designed with larger firms in mind, I wasn't exactly surprised. When I looked into it, however, I was pretty impressed. The...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
As a hirsute gentleman, I can't say I'm particularly keen on the current trend for full beards. Not only does it make my own luxurious, though sensible facial hair seem paltry by comparison, but apparently since 2013, forgetting to shave for a month...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The first time I booted up Super Mario Maker last Thursday evening (yes I got it a day early because it transpires Amazon are just THAT reliable) I was immediately struck by just how intuitive it was. Whereas I had experimented with game building...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Game designers devise new video games and define the way the game is played, as well as the 'game experience'. Video games are a major part of the UK's media industry. People spend more money on buying games than they do on going to the cinema. Job...
Posted by: Creativepool
As he famously promised 30 years ago, Arnold Schwarzenegger is indeed back, and in a big way. This summer saw the release of the latest Terminator movie, which also marked the former California governor's return to the big screen blockbuster scene...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
YouTube, the infinitely successful video streaming site now owned by Google, announced a new service yesterday, which might well out-do Spotify at their own game. If it lives up to its own hype that is. YouTube Music Key attempts to radically alter...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
By virtue of the fact that you're reading this blog, you almost certainly know what trolling is. For those of you that don't, it's when people with absolutely no penis (and whatever the female equivalent is) leave nasty comments on blogs, online...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
Leading North, the full-service boutique hospitality consulting firm, recently announced the launch of a brand new social media and digital marketing platform, which has been built from the ground up by a team of highly skilled and innovative digital...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
3BlackDot, the multimedia entertainment company launched last month by former Machinima executives Angelo Pullen and Luke Stapleton in partnership with YouTube gaming influencers Tom Cassell and Adam Montoya, recently announced the appointment of...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Haven't you heard? Online advertising doesn't work. All those banners, buttons and MPUs? Waste of time. Those pre-play spots on YouTube, and those Facebook campaigns? Completely useless. Google Adwords and sponsored tweets? Utterly worthless. Sorry,...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
It was announced yesterday that the Sport & Entertainment division of M&C Saatchi had been selected as the agency to deal with the title sponsorship of the English Football League by Sky Bet, the online gaming subsidiary of BskyB, the UK's largest...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Maxus Partnerships have recently announced a new campaign, known as 'Curry Inspiration' for the Indian food brand Patak's. The brand (which is owned by Associated british Foods), will launch a six figure campaign, running across TV, print, digital,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
For the jobbing freelance there can only be one priority. Ahead of the bookkeeping, email answering, blog updating and business card ordering - there's nothing more important than bringing in the work. And, when the industry is buoyant, it's not too...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Is it a good time to be a freelancer working at creative agencies at the moment? It's a question that seems to get very varied responses as everyone's situation is different, and the availability of work is spread unevenly across the disciplines this...
Posted by: Creativepool
With the gaming industry among the biggest in the world right now, game designers have never been more highly sought after. Whether you are a major gaming studio creating AAA games or a startup with a revolutionary idea for an indie game, the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
JOAN London has created a powerful new advertising campaign for The Cybersmile Foundation to combat the growing threat of cyberbullying and online abuse. The campaign, Modern Witch Trials, which includes a short film directed by Chromista’s...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
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
Game art outsourcing is an efficient way to flexibly increase the size and skills of your game development team. However, it’s a decision not to be taken lightly. Finding a partner who is both reliable and passionate about your game is essential...
Posted by: MLC (Magna Ludum Creatives)