Escapist Magazine is reporting that Google and the remnants of Adscape may be testing its game advertising solution with its partner Bunchball.

“Recent reports are now confirming that the search giant has been testing video ads for over a month, likely with its partner Bunchball. Bunchball is a member of Google’s OpenSocial social networking effort and a Flash games developer with a few Facebook applications.”

There is a debate going on over in the EA forums about In-Game Advertising in Battlefield Bad Company. Head on over to check the thread out here: In-Game Advertising in Conquest Mode?

Hope you are all having an excellent weekend!

We decided to assemble a comprehensive list of In-Game Advertising companies. We have quite a few on the list, but if we missed any just leave a comment with the name and link to the company and we will get them added. We hope this list is helpful when looking to see who all is out there.

Massive Inc.

www.massiveincorporated.com - In-game advertising agency purchased by Microsoft.

Engage In-Game Advertising

www.engageadvertising.com- In-game advertising agency.

Double Fusion

www.doublefusion.com- In-game advertising agency

Jogo Media

www.jogomedia.com- In-game advertising company founded in 2006.

NaviGame

www.navigame.com-In-game advertising agency.

NeoEdge Networks

www.neoedge.com- In-game advertising for Casual Games

IGA Worldwide

www.igaworldwide.com-In-game advertising agency.

Exent Technologies

www.exent.com- Developer of the in-game advertising technology “Admuse”

GreyStripe

www.greystripe.com- In-game advertising provider for mobile games

Bihu

www.bihu.com- Chinese In-Game Advertising Company, recent recipient of $10 million in funding from Sequoia Capital China

Enter Media

www.entermedia.ru-Russian In-Game Advertising Company

Google/Adscape

- www.google.com Google purchased In-Game Advertising startup Adscape in 2007. Google has yet to release their in-game advertising solution from this deal.

Game Creative

www.gamecreative.com.au- Australian Advergame and In-Game Advertising Company

MochiMedia

www.mochimedia.com- Flash game advertising company

If you enjoy having your self esteem and any confidence you might have in the kitchen destroyed then good news! Hell’s Kitchen: The Video Game is now available! We personally couldn’t be any more confused by taking a reality TV show and turning into a virtual reality game. Do we even know what reality is any more?

With the obsessive nature of reality TV show viewers this should be an excellent foray into branded gaming for Fox. We have seen CBS do this previously with their Survivor series, which had a title kicked out by Infogrames back in 2001.

You won’t find me playing Hell’s Kitchen anytime soon out of fear for harsh criticism of my Cornflakes and Hot Pockets preparation abilities via Gordon Ramsay.

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Stay tuned for the launch of placementspot.com, the premier in-game advertising destination for advertisers and video game developers. Check here for updates in the lead up to our launch.