MediaSpike creates cool in-game native ads for virtual reality Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 8, 2014 3 min MediaSpike wants to head-off lame banner ads in virtual reality. Continue Reading 3 min
MediaSpike raises $5.2M from army of investors for in-game ads Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 4, 2013 2 min The company places product advertisements inside mobile and social games, which it believes will reach today’s players. Continue Reading 2 min
MediaSpike reaches 20M monthly users with product placement in social-mobile games Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 24, 2013 2 min The game product placement firm also hired two digital advertising industry leaders. Continue Reading 2 min
MediaSpike expands effort to place product ads inside social and mobile games Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 21, 2013 2 min Company hires chief revenue officer Manny Anekal and counts Pepsi as one of its customers in its effort to get past "banner blindness." Continue Reading 2 min
The DeanBeat: Nintendo reveals the Wii mini and the opinions fly everywhere Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 30, 2012 3 min The Wii mini took the industry by surprise this week, and it has polarized the industry. Continue Reading 3 min
The Facebook game platform: Expanding into mobile, the Middle East, and all game categories (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 28, 2012 8 min Sean Ryan says that Facebook gaming is becoming more diverse, and it will soon include a new wave of hardcore and midcore games. Continue Reading 8 min
Social gaming pioneer Commagere pushes product placement as a moneymaker Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 7, 2012 5 min Social gaming pioneer Blake Commagere has created MediaSpike to enable large-scale product placement in social games. That could generate an alternative source of revenue at a time when social gaming growth is flattening. Continue Reading 5 min