Grantoo’s branded game tournaments provide 6-times better mobile ad engagement (exclusive)

Tournament-game platform startup Grantoo announced today that it has delivered great results in mobile ad campaigns that go beyond typical banner ads. In campaigns with the Hilton Hotel Group and U.S.A. Networks, Grantoo shows ads to its mobile game players during brand-sponsored tournaments.

The tournaments are embedded within the mobile games that have integrated Grantoo’s platform. They provide a seamless, branded experience for the player inside those games. For the brands, it means they can reach audiences that are heavily engaged inside their favorite games. That improves engagement dramatically and provides game developers with an additional source of revenue.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.