EA, Massive Partner For In-Game Ads

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Multi-year agreement signed to offer “dynamic in-game advertising.”


Electronic Arts today announced that it has extended its agreement with Massive (a subsidiary of Microsoft) to offer “dynamic in-game advertising” in its upcoming releases for the Xbox 360 and PC.

“EA strongly believes that dynamic in-game advertising is an important growth area for our business, and is one of many opportunities we are pursuing in growing the advertising market,” said Kathy Vrabeck, president of the Casual Entertainment Label at EA.

“We selected Massive because they are the industry leader in this space with a global sales footprint, solid brand recognition and in-depth experience in video game advertising.”
Specific titles set to feature in-game advertising under the new agreement include those within the EA Sports label, for example Madden NFL* Football, NBA LIVE Basketball, NASCAR* Racing and NHL hockey.

Mar 18, 2008

News by Karn Bianco.

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