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Evolve PR’s Staff Picks for Game of the Decade – Part 2
The new year is full of uncertainty so let's warm up beforehand with what will always be a constant... Wout talking about Dragon's Dogma. Evolve PR’s game of the decade list continues as we explore the rest of our teams favourite experiences from the last 10 years...
Evolve PR’s Staff Picks for Game of the Decade – Part 1
Evolve PR has grown vastly over the past decade, expanding our PR efforts while also growing into community management, research, and video production. From roughly 4 employees in 2010 to 20 in 2019, our team has gone through many iterations, all in an effort to...
When to Send a Follow-Up Email
After joining the community team at Evolve PR, I was expecting people to ask me about social media or general community building, but instead, the most common question I get asked is: “When is the best time to follow up on an email?” It’s a good question! If there’s...
E3 2019 Media Study: Presser on a Precipice
It’s been a good while since E3, but with the relaunch of evolve-pr.com, we wanted to publicly release our internal study of the event. This report was written before the ESA data leak, as well as the articles detailing the rumored plans for how E3 would be retooled...
Kick-ass Interviewing Tips for Graduating PR Students
Whether or not you’re going into the game industry, read these. Last week, I got to take part in what I consider to be a privilege — I got to review work portfolios for graduating PR students from the University of Oregon. Think of it as a sort of job interview...
So You Wanna Join Video Game PR
As I settle down to write this blog post, the unique situation I find myself in isn’t entirely lost on me. A mere two months ago I was driving a city bus for a living while juggling my side project of running a well-established video game media website. Now, I find...
Help Us, Help You (Get Codes)
So you’ve found a game you are dying to make content for, you’ve hunted down the correct PR person and you’re about to send off an email to request a code. But wait! PR agents get tons of messages requesting codes every day and each of these messages needs to be...
Marketing Communication and the Natural Spread of Excitement
Video games have a surprising amount of variety when it comes to how they’re played, consumed, and lauded. Evolve’s relationship with developers and publishers can vary incredibly based on this wide amount of choice. It has led to many odd introductions on “what I do”...
Useful Things I Learned Using Imgur to Tell a Story About Game Development
If you’re reading this, then heck yeah, I’ve already cleared one of the first hurdles of communication – getting your attention. Thank you for that! Have I mentioned how awesome you are? Yes, you’re awesome. Okay, enough with the flattery. In public relations, one of...
Evolve PR’s Favourite Things of 2017
The year is almost over, so we here at Evolve PR thought it would be a good time to do our own "best of the year" list! Here are our favourite things that we worked on this year! Brian Rowe, PR Specialist, Taco Aficionado .. I had the good fortune of working...
How to Join the Cool Kids: Signing Up for Terminals
What is Terminals? Terminals is the ultimate place for gaming enthusiasts, journalists, and developers to share in their love of games. Gamers of all stripes can check out some of the hottest upcoming releases from both AAA and indie devs that are currently working...
Looking Back (and Forward) to TwitchCon
Having just completed its third year, TwitchCon has weathered some initial growing pains and appears to be regular fixture in the convention scene. Evolve PR has had a presence at each event, and we wanted to provide some insight from the perspective of an exhibitor...
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