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The VTuber Awards 2024 is coming. This time, we’ve prepared many surprises and an even greater audience involvement in the event. Get ready for the celebration of creativity, talent, and community as we honor the best in the VTuber world. Save the date for the main event – December 14, 2024. Stay tuned for more updates, and join us in celebrating the future of virtual entertainment! #vtuber #vtuberawards #thevtuberawards #events

The Virtually Everything! Summit NYC, a celebration of the cutting-edge technologies shaping the future of content production, has just ended. The event covered various topics already influencing and changing the content industry. Max Bilonogov, WePlay Studios' General Producer and Chief Visionary Officer, highlighted the importance of content creators at the summit. If you missed the event, you can catch up on the main points of his speech by reading the article. #NYC, #production, #future, #insights #weplay

Today we are excited to showcase a full-fledged project on Behance with all the design details. ✨ The VTuber Awards is the first prime award show celebrating the VTubing culture and community worldwide. The event featured a dozen beloved VTubers, including the popular independent VTuber Filian as a host. The VTuber Awards pushed the boundaries of virtual production and immersive storytelling. ❤️ The show, a testament to the VTubing community's support, earned the audience's praise, winning the prestigious Webby People's Voice Award. Fans worldwide selected the VTuber Awards as the best in the AI, Metaverse & Virtual—Entertainment, Sports & Music category at the 28th Annual Webby Awards. 👀 Get a behind-the-scenes look at how we crafted this unforgettable experience, made possible by your enthusiasm and engagement. 👉 https://lnkd.in/dQEAeKcg

What a blast it was, omg. Feels like in the different lifetime

WePlay AniMajor holds a special place in our hearts. The first-ever anime-themed Dota 2 Major brought real competitive spirits, insane emotions, and pure fun. While this event has many highlights, the real magic is in the details that the WePlay team designed to create a remarkable picture deep into our hearts and minds. Whether you're one of our long-time fans who witnessed our milestone event live or are new to our story, WePlay AniMajor on Behance will impress you. Dive into the creative journey behind bringing this unique fusion to life: https://lnkd.in/daKw7baw

😎 It’s been an incredible journey, and we couldn’t have made it without our partners, guests, and the relentless efforts of our team at WePlay Studios. Over the past two years, our Los Angeles arena has become a hub of innovation, entertainment, and collaboration. 🙏 A heartfelt thank you to everyone who has been part of this journey. WePlay Studios remains committed to pushing boundaries and setting new entertainment, esports, and technology standards. We are looking forward to many more successful years ahead! #WePlayStudios #Anniversary #LosAngeles #Entertainment #Esports #Technology #Innovation

Intrusive advertising is gradually becoming less effective; there are many other ways to promote brands and communicate their messages and values to the audience. Two prominent methods are branded content and content created by brands. While these approaches may seem similar, they have fundamental differences, and we’ll explain why. While branded content looks for a perfect context to seamlessly blend into the audience’s media consumption, such as movies, videos, and TV shows, content created by brands conveys the brand philosophy themselves without directly advertising a particular product. Branded content, when strategically placed in cult series and films, can create powerful associations between iconic characters and specific brands. For example, Carrie Bradshaw is synonymous with Manolo Blahnik, Marty McFly with Nike sneakers, and James Bond with Aston Martin (even though the hero changes cars repeatedly throughout the films). On the other hand, Barbie is a prime example of brand-produced content, similar to the Lego Movie, the Arcane series, NFL Tuesday Night Gaming, and the Air movie. These productions are designed to promote the brand while captivating audiences through engaging and entertaining narratives. Which examples of branded content or brand-created content do you find most compelling? The rules for using branded and brand-produced content are generally similar. #brands #production #NFL #weplay

We're excited to share a behind-the-scenes look at the incredible stage construction and design kit we developed for The Prince Cup: ATLANTIC. WePlay Studios put immense effort into creating a stunning and immersive environment that genuinely captures the essence of the game. Let our teammates, Dima Drapikovsky and Igor Chupryna, reveal all the details and highlights that made this event both vast and memorable. #GenshinImpact #production #behindthescenes #weplay #gaming

There is so much to say about Genshin Impact's phenomenon. The developers created a striking anime design and gameplay that did not leave fans indifferent. Well, it's finally worth noting the cross-platform approach, which focuses on making the game accessible to every player, regardless of their device. One of 2020's greatest hits in the gaming industry continues to delight viewers with non-trivial shows covering various game elements: music, characters, lore, and even the esports scene. Here are just a few examples of shows by WePlay Studios that are based on this ground-breaking game. #GenshinImpact #WePlayStudios #article #events #gaming

How to make indie game development scene more recognizable and bigger? The answer is - OTK Games Expo. Starting from 2022 OTK Media and WePlay Studios bring one of the biggest exhibitions of the indie game development scene with this year being no exception. One of the slogans of the show is "Discover the next big indie hit!". And that's right spot on as the show gives a unique spotlight for the indie game developers to shine with new amazing hits! Here are some of the features of the OTK Games Expo 2024 broadcast: 🎸 Jay the Bard Intro. Show opened with a huge hit - a dynamic performance from the Bard. Song lyrics were dedicated to this year's iteration of the show and all its genres/categories. Great intro sets a great tone for the whole show; 🔥 8 categories. Show was well built structure wise with segments such as Adventure, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Strategy, Cozy, Horror and Fighting. Each category highlighted 4 different games, Q&A with the developer and even the gameplay segment where OTK talents had a chance to try out new releases before they go to the market! 🎮 Gaming Couch. For this year the approach was fun and chill. OTK talent play some of the new showcased games in different modes: 1v1, single player, 4 player modes. World’s Worst Handyman, Smack Studio, Splodey, Pull/Stay and many others revealed their premiere gameplay on the show; 💥 World Reveals. Having a huge reveal is an integral part for every kind of Expo. Each reveal brings new viewers and adds more excitement about each following segment of the show as you never know what comes next. In addition to the main program this year's Expo had dozen of standalone activations. Dark and Darker, Legacy Steel & Sorcery, Diabotical Rogue, The Bazaar had their takeovers in different parts of the show; 🍄 Mad Mushroom showcase. Agency gave updates to the well-know realeases such as Atomic Picnic and Rumble Club. Fand were also surprised by 2 new releases - Claws & Chaos and Splodey. Splodey received praises from the community and OTK Talent as the exclusive gameplay was showcased during the show multiple times; 🧑💻 Dev for Hire. Special segment reflecting modern reality of the industry. OTK and Cash App are actively helping both developers and studios by special grants and focusing attention to unique personalities and true professionals; ❗️Viewers Choice. Once again OTK and CashApp provided a special 50k grant that was split between 5 studios picked by the chat. Such engagement gives audience the possibility to contribute to their favourite games here and now; 5 hours of runtime, more than 200k average viewers overall peaking at 279k viewers show was broadcasted on multiple channels including Steam and IGN Entertainment. It is always a pleasure to work with OTK crew. Both WePlay and OTK teams built an incredible chemistry and I am thrilled of what awaits us in future! #inspiration #broadcast #gaming #otk #tech #indiegame #gamedev