{"id":400,"date":"2026-05-26T17:31:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T17:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"urn:uuid:5bcb5d63-0e3d-4cc1-b815-f284f8d8aab0"},"modified":"2026-08-11T22:06:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T22:06:18","slug":"building-brand-relevance-through-play","status":"publish","type":"case_study","link":"https:\/\/sonyinteractive.com\/mediasolutions\/case-studies\/building-brand-relevance-through-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Brand Relevance Through Play"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-sie-group container--narrow media-solutions-post__inner sie-group\" data-aa-relative-position=\"false\"><div class=\"sie-group-inner sie-justify-top sie-items-left  \" style=\"background-size:cover;background-attachment:fixed\"><figure style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" 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significant lifts across key brand metrics and purchase intent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0.5em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top has-background sie-columns sie-columns__mobile-gap--05 sie-columns__tablet-gap--05 sie-columns__desktop-gap--05 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(255,255,255) 0%,rgb(209,215,229) 100%)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph sie-paragraph sie-paragraph-613a9024-d17d-4384-948e-d4b0857824b6\" style=\"line-height:1.2\"><strong class=\"sie-paragraph sie-paragraph-613a9024-d17d-4384-948e-d4b0857824b6\">BRAND<\/strong><br class=\"sie-paragraph sie-paragraph-613a9024-d17d-4384-948e-d4b0857824b6\"><strong class=\"sie-paragraph 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