Involvement of Pro Sports in Esports
A relationship between competitive gaming and professional sports has been slowly developing as esports have gained popularity recently. Professional sports teams and leagues have tried to get in on the [...]
May 2018
April 2018
Reflections from PAX East 2018
Well, we’ve all officially made it home from PAX East 2018. It was an exciting and captivating convention – my first ever! I handled some appointments for Good Shepherd, who [...]
What We’re Looking Forward to at PAX East 2018
PAX East 2018 will officially commence tomorrow! A bunch of us here at Sandbox Strategies will be among the thousands descending upon Boston for the massive gaming festival. Last year [...]
March 2018
GDC 2018
San Francisco during a rare sunny moment of GDC It’s been another stellar GDC in the books, filled with great game discussions, industry trends, old friends and [...]
November 2017
TwitchCon 2017 Thoughts
We just got back from TwitchCon, and as always it was good times with good people. There is an energy and supportive vibe that permeates the show in a way [...]
July 2016
Sandbox in Europe
With so much of our business coming from overseas, we rarely get to see our international clients or business partners face to face. Even at industry-focused trade shows like GDC, [...]
June 2016
Hard Sell
One of the lingering threads from last week’s E3 I keep revisiting is the set of challenges gaming console manufacturers face as they prepare to launch new systems in 2017 [...]
August 2014
E3 is what the industry sees itself as. Gamescom is closer to what it actually is.
setting up the Grey Goo booth at Gamescom E3 is often described as the video game industry’s biggest show, but there’s a knowing wink to that label – a collectively [...]
June 2013
The Five Things We Hope to See At E3
We predict this will be a fantastic E3. Maybe the best ever. Sure, the reveal of the Xbox One has not been smooth, the Wii U is not selling, and [...]
April 2013
What We’re Reading (GDC Edition)
It’s a shame we didn’t order one of these nap machines for the office, as we’re still recovering from GDC. Here’s a roundup of good reads on this year’s conference: [...]