World, say welcome to Meta. Mark Zuckerberg today announced that Facebook will be splitting into two branches: one arm focused on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and the company’s other existing apps and one arm focused on the development of the metaverse. All will live under the new Meta umbrella brand. The Drum surveyed an array of marketing and ad industry players to get their instant feedback once the news hits. Here’s what they had to say.
What are the most creative video game ads ever made? What’s the best gaming ad ever? A simple enough question, you might think, but it turns out a lot of people have a lot to say on the matter. As we find out.
From TV films to viral videos, in-game experiential activations to celeb collabs, over the years marketers have endeavored to find ingenious ways of capturing the joy of gaming beyond just showing gameplay.
Then there’s the rise in in-game advertising, led by Fornite with significant partnerships with Travis Scott and more recently with the NBA, while Burger King made headlines for its stunt that saw Stevenage FC become the most played team on EA Sports’s Fifa video game series.