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ÜberStrategist, a Globally Recognized Video Game, Entertainment, and Technology PR and Marketing Agency, Makes the Prestigious Inc. 5000 List for the Second Consecutive Year

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Thursday, August 17, 2023

The prestigious Inc. 5000 provides a data-driven ranking of America's fastest-growing privately owned businesses.

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  • The prestigious Inc. 5000 provides a data-driven ranking of America's fastest-growing privately owned businesses.
  • Facebook, Chobani, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other household name brands gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000.
  • “Making the Inc. 5000 for the first time last year was wonderful.
  • Repeating a second year, despite significant challenges, is even more meaningful.

Sauce Labs Survey Reveals Nearly Half (48%) of U.S. Game Developers Get Bullied Online

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Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Sauce Labs Inc , the leading provider of continuous testing and scalable test automation solutions, today released new survey data on game developers and ineffective feedback cycles.

Key Points: 
  • Sauce Labs Inc , the leading provider of continuous testing and scalable test automation solutions, today released new survey data on game developers and ineffective feedback cycles.
  • Sauce Labs surveyed 150 full- and part-time game developers in the U.S. and 500 U.S.-based gamers to gauge how game developers feel about new releases, how feedback impacts them and the effectiveness of existing feedback loops.
  • Game releases like Battlefield 2042 proved even AAA games can launch with Grade-A glitches — which damage brand reputation.
  • This survey digs into how developers can break this negative cycle and meet gamer and corporate expectations.

International Game Developers Association (IGDA) Partners with Multi-Award-Winning Video Game PR and Marketing Agency ÜberStrategist for their gamescom 2023 Presence

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Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Spearheaded by Alexa Turness — ÜberStrategist’s in-house events manager and ten-year veteran at Ukie, the United Kingdom’s association to advance the interactive entertainment industry — the agency will coordinate the IGDA’s presence in both the business and consumer areas of gamescom 2023.

Key Points: 
  • Spearheaded by Alexa Turness — ÜberStrategist’s in-house events manager and ten-year veteran at Ukie, the United Kingdom’s association to advance the interactive entertainment industry — the agency will coordinate the IGDA’s presence in both the business and consumer areas of gamescom 2023.
  • IGDA’s members and ÜberStrategist’s partners will have the flexibility to choose to have a presence in either the business hall, the consumer hall, or both.
  • "The IGDA is thrilled to be partnering with ÜberStrategist for gamescom 2023, one of the most important events on our calendar,” said Dr. Jakin Vela, Executive Director of the International Game Developers Association.
  • Additional information about ÜberStrategist’s gamescom 2023 packages can be found at https://uberstrategist.com/gamescom-2023 .

Stagwell (STGW) Marketing Cloud's ARound Welcomes AR / VR Industry Leaders Dana Ware as First Chief Creative Officer, Lauren Fisher as Creative Advisor, to Develop New Augmented Reality Experiences

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Wednesday, May 10, 2023

ARound – part of the Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW) Marketing Cloud – also tapped Lauren Fisher as an advisor on creative direction and live-action content.

Key Points: 
  • ARound – part of the Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW) Marketing Cloud – also tapped Lauren Fisher as an advisor on creative direction and live-action content.
  • ARound is getting a powerhouse creative duo in Dana and Lauren to drive this emerging technology forward.
  • Ware will develop new, innovative AR experiences and stories that blend virtual and physical realities in novel ways.
  • She joins from The VOID, where she served as creative director for projects in the rapidly expanding field of location-based virtual reality (VR).

Open 3D Foundation Announces Newest Open 3D Engine Release and First-Ever O3DE Jam

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Thursday, May 4, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO, May 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Open 3D Foundation (O3DF), home of a vibrant, diverse community focused on building a first-class, open source engine for real-time 3D development, has released 23.05, the latest version of the Open 3D Engine (O3DE), bringing enhanced usability and stability improvements, as well as new capabilities, for developing games, robotic simulations and other 3D applications alike. O3DF is also announcing the first-ever O3DE Jam, taking place virtually this weekend, May 5-7, 2023.

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  • It delivers key examples of integrations with major O3DE systems, including terrain, lighting, multiplayer, audio, scripting and VFX, among others.
  • With this latest release, the core engine becomes even easier for 3D developers to wield across an array of applications.
  • The Open 3D Foundation is hosting the first-ever O3DE Jam this weekend.
  • Developers are invited to bring their 3D visions to life while learning more about O3DE and competing for open source cred, visibility and free IGDA membership.

The Last Gameboard Concludes Beta, Partners with International Game Developers Association (IGDA) to Preview Digital Tabletop Gaming System with OpenSDK to Developers at GDC 2023

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Monday, March 20, 2023

DENVER, March 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Last Gameboard, Inc., the world's first social gaming platform that blends physical objects with seamless, multi-user gameplay to enhance social interactions and build community, today announced the end of its Beta ahead of the Games Developers Conference 2023. Ahead of its full consumer launch, The Last Gameboard has partnered with the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) to preview the digital tabletop gaming system at Booth N2833 for developers within the IGDA community. With a mission of changing social gaming for all, The Last Gameboard offers an Open SDK to democratize social game publishing - making it easy for developers to create, contribute, and sell their games through the platform.

Key Points: 
  • Ahead of its full consumer launch, The Last Gameboard has partnered with the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) to preview the digital tabletop gaming system at Booth N2833 for developers within the IGDA community.
  • Created by gamers for gamers, The Last Gameboard is the only social gaming console that allows gamers to host concurrent play and use physical game pieces.
  • Game developers can reference the brand's full developers guide for more information on everything needed to build games that take full advantage of all of the Gameboard features.
  • To order a Gameboard, learn about partnering with The Last Gameboard as a developer, or learn more about the company visit www.lastgameboard.com .