20 Year History of Super Smash Bros.
Through what must be time wizardry, it has been 20 years since Nintendo decided to pit a bunch of their beloved characters against each other in Super Smash Bros. on [...]
January 2019
December 2018
Sandbox Games of the Year 2018
With 2018 coming to a close, it’s time for the team at Sandbox to share our favorite games of the year! See some of our favorites from 2017 here. [...]
November 2018
Things To Consider Before Signing a Public Relations or Influencer Agency To Promote Your Video Game
Sandbox has been around for over 13 years, and in that time we’ve been approached to do Public Relations (PR) and influencer work by nearly every flavor of [...]
October 2018
A Halloween Miracle
Chiller, a Halloween Classic Every Halloween season I find myself talking to anyone in earshot about the twisted mid-80s arcade horror classic, Chiller. Playing it at a rundown [...]
NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 With Jayson Tatum!
Some of the Sandbox crew just returned from Boston, where we were staffing an NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 event with the game’s cover athlete, Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum. Tatum [...]
August 2018
The (Potential) Return of MVP Baseball
It was an exciting moment for baseball fans earlier this week when EA Sports Executive Vice President Cam Weber suggested that the company could return to making baseball video games [...]
Making The Game Players Asked For
As the games-as-a-service model continues to grow, how well developers deliver on the “service” portion of that system – how quickly and capably you respond to player feedback ranging from [...]
July 2018
An Obligatory Fortnite post!
Impact as an esport Fortnite’s monster popularity has been looked at from seemingly every angle. This is perfectly understandable considering it is raking in money ($318m in May) from its [...]
May 2018
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 [...]
St. Jude PLAY LIVE Summit
It’s a nifty position being a streamer and someone who works in influencer relations at Sandbox Strategies. No matter how casual a streamer you are (and I’m as casual [...]