Subaru Impreza Shakedown is an advergame and contest promoting the Subaru Impreza. The main gameplay consists of you driving one of various Impreza models around the course for the best time. The best times will win prizes at the end of the promotion.
What I liked: The overall site design and site philosophy seems to try [...]

While lots of people have talked about an aging gamer audience, this is the first article I’ve seen referring to Grandma Gamers. Apparently there is a 69 year old Grandma “Old Grandma Hardcore” who’s an avid gamer. She even has a blog. While the article itself is a good read, there’s some very interesting facts [...]

This probably isn’t something we’d normally blog about since Advergame developers won’t get access to this technology until a plugin developer actually incorporates it. (hint-hint Virtools, Macromedia, etc )
Local Ottawa-based company TransGaming has just released SwiftShader. This is a technology that provides a software renderer for the latest pixel and vertex shader effects. To [...]

Fresh on the heels of a retro TV commercial, spoofing the $10,000 Pyramid is the Comcastic
website and embedded advergames.
With a 70’s look and feel the broadband site is promoting Comcast’s cable services through activities and games.
What I liked: The games on this site are well done, and match the overall promotion. Each game is very [...]

Our latest game for Detour has just launched. B’s Stunt Tracks allows you to play as B through a series of different stunt tracks to try to get the highest stunt score.
For the creative in you, this also features a level editor allowing anyone to create a new level and submit it for the [...]

Land of the Dead - Loot and Shoot is an advergame promoting the Land of the Dead movie (and impending DVD release). The game puts the player in a typical FPS shooter, as they try to clear the levels of all the zombies.
What I liked: This seems to be a very well done game. The [...]

FedEx Super Box V is the latest iteration of this popular FedEx Canada simple advergame promotion. This time around you get to play as the offense with a choice of 3 different plays to get into the end zone.
You can play once for free, but all future games will require a FedEx tracking number. Over [...]

Our latest advergame has just launched: Hemi Highway is up on Shockwave.com as a promotion for the new Dodge Charger.
With the ability to race all 5 Dodge Charger models around 15 different courses, we think this is one of the most in-depth racing games available on the web.

Niagara Motel - The Game is an advergame promoting the upcoming Niagara Motel movie. The game arms the player with a stapler and instructs you to staple the $#!% out of Kevin Pollack.
What I liked: The integration of voice overs and scenes from the movie gives players a good idea of what to expect from [...]

I thought I had heard about this a few weeks ago, but it seems to be just now hitting the major news sites. In July, Blockdot was purchased for an undisclosed sum by Media General Inc. the company that runs several newspapers including the Tampa Tribune and Richmond Times-Dispatch.