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In-game advertising for mobile & web games

Put your brand
inside the game.

Playboard Media places your brand on the LED boards, billboards and screens inside mobile and web games. Players see it while they play, and the game never stops for it.

In-world vs. pop-up

Ads that belong in the game

Most game ads freeze the action and wait for someone to find the X. In-world placements sit where advertising sits in real life: around the pitch, over the track, across the skyline.

Pop-up ad

  • Covers the game
  • Interrupts play
  • Players hunt for the close button

In-world placement

  • Part of the scene
  • Seen during play
  • Repeats through a match or a race
Football game scene with LED perimeter boards showing an advertiser's brand along the far touchline
Drag to compare. Left: a pop-up covering play. Right: the same moment with your brand on the LED boards.

Placements

Wherever players look

The same places brands buy in the real world, rebuilt inside the games people play every day.

Night stadium in a football game with LED perimeter boards, a tier ribbon and a big screen showing ads Perimeter LED Tier ribbon Big screen

Football & sports

Your brand around the pitch for the whole match

Perimeter LED boards, tier ribbons and the stadium screen, rotating your spots between the ones already running.

Racing game at sunset with an LED start gantry, trackside banners and a grandstand fascia Start gantry Trackside banner

Racing

Passed lap after lap

Start gantries, trackside banners and grandstand fascias.

Open-world city street at night with an LED screen on a bridge, a vertical facade screen and a bus shelter poster Bridge screen Bus shelter

Open world & city

On the streets players explore

Facade screens, bridges, bus shelters and storefront displays.

Basketball arena with courtside LED boards, a ribbon display around the bowl and a centre-hung scoreboard Courtside LED Centre-hung

Arena & basketball

Courtside and overhead

Courtside boards, the centre-hung scoreboard and ribbons around the bowl.

Casual mobile

Inside the level

Billboards in runner, puzzle and arcade levels, plus opt-in rewarded video.

Web & browser games

In the game and around it

In-game boards plus branded loading screens and skins in HTML5 games.

Formats

Four ways into the game

In-world display

Static or animated creative on LED boards, billboards and posters inside the game world.

  • Static
  • Animated
  • Mobile
  • Web

In-world video

Your video on big screens and in-game displays, playing inside the scene.

  • Video
  • Sound off
  • Mobile
  • Web

Rewarded video

Players choose to watch in return for an in-game reward. Opt-in and full screen.

  • Opt-in
  • Full screen
  • Mobile

Branded moments

Sponsored loading screens, skins and takeovers in browser games.

  • Web
  • Takeover
  • Loading screen

Send us your logo, banner or video. We prepare the versions each game needs.

How it works

From brief to report

  1. 01

    Brief

    Your goals, markets, audience and dates.

  2. 02

    Plan

    We match games, formats and placements and send you a media plan.

  3. 03

    Launch

    We adapt your creative for each game and run brand-safety checks.

  4. 04

    Report

    Impressions, viewable impressions and time in view, game by game.

Measurement & safety

Counted the way the industry counts

Viewability
An impression counts as viewable under the MRC in-game guidelines: at least half of the ad on screen for at least one second, or two seconds for video.
Brand safety
We check each game's content and age rating before it carries your brand.
Privacy
Placements are contextual. Players don't have to share personal data for your ad to run.
Reporting
Clear numbers per game and per placement.

The audience is already playing

3.58bn

people play video games

83%

of them play on mobile

61.5%

of the world's population plays

Source: Newzoo, Global Games Market Report, September 2025.

FAQ

Questions brands ask

What is in-game advertising?

Ads placed inside the game world, such as LED boards around a pitch or billboards beside a race track. People see them while they play, the same way they see ads in a real stadium or street.

Does it interrupt the game?

In-world placements don't. They're part of the scene. Rewarded video only plays when a player chooses to watch it.

What creative do I need?

Your logo and a key visual, or an existing banner or video. We prepare the sizes and versions each game needs and share them with you before launch.

How do you measure results?

Impressions, viewable impressions under the MRC in-game guidelines, and time in view, reported per game and per placement.

Which games and markets do you cover?

Tell us who you want to reach and where. We build the plan around the games and markets that fit your campaign.

How much does it cost?

Every campaign is planned around your goals, markets and dates. Book a demo and we'll send you a proposal.

Book a demo

See your brand in a game

Tell us what you'd like to promote and where. We'll set up a short demo and show you placements that fit.

Or write to us directly
info@playboardmedia.com

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