Awards and Honors – Ideaplatz

28 Oct 2026

“ENDURING PLAY” GAME DEVELOPMENT PODCAST LAUNCHES SEASON 3 WITH DOUBLE SIGNAL AWARD WIN

Awards and Honors, Game Development, Podcasts, Press

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Cheryl Platz // Phone: 206-659-5336 // Email: press@ideaplatz.com Independent podcaster Cheryl Platz takes home Gold and Bronze Signal Awards in 2026 for her podcast that levels up your understanding of how to make games go beyond surviving to thriving. BELLEVUE, WA – Enduring Play: A Game Development Podcast has been honored as a double winner during the 5th Annual Signal Awards, receiving a Gold in Solopreneur Podcast and a Bronze in Gaming and Actual Play. This honor arrives at the perfect time, as Enduring Play Season 3 launched on October 27, 2026 in a new biweekly…

29 Sep 2026

Enduring Play Podcast named Signal Awards 2026 Finalist in Two Categories

Awards and Honors, Podcasts, Press

BELLEVUE, WA / September 29, 2026: Ideaplatz founder Cheryl Platz launched her first podcast, Enduring Play: A Game Development Podcast, as a companion to the launch of her book The Game Development Strategy Guide in August 2025. Two seasons and 21 episodes later, Enduring Play has been honored as a double finalist in the 2026 Signal Awards in the categories of Gaming and Actual Play and the very competitive Solopreneur category. Voting for the Listener's Choice Awards in all categories is open through October 15 and your vote goes a long way. If you've appreciated Enduring Play, please consider voting…

27 Jun 2026

Ideaplatz founder Cheryl Platz shares her Cannes Lions 2026 Juror experience

Awards and Honors, Game Development, Press

Cheryl Platz recently returned from the experience of a lifetime: serving as a juror on the Cannes Entertainment Lions for Gaming Jury for 2026 and as a panelist on the corresponding Inside the Jury Room panel the following Wednesday at the event. She was incredibly honored to participate, and the experience gave her a much deeper exposure to the broader world of video game marketing while giving her an opportunity to represent the ins and outs of video game development to her marketing and agency peers. As Cheryl loves to pay it forward by processing experiences through writing, she's begun…

30 Apr 2026

Cheryl Platz joins the 2026 Cannes Entertainment Lions for Gaming jury

Awards and Honors, Talks

Cheryl Platz is thrilled to share that she has joined the Cannes Entertainment Lions for Gaming for the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity 2026. She takes the responsibility and privilege of setting the global benchmark for creativity very seriously - and looks forward to discovering the fun in the process! For those unfamiliar with Cheryl's work in video gaming, she began her career on the legendary Sims series, shipping The Sims Makin' Magic (PC), The Sims 2 (PC), The Sims Bustin' Out (GBA, PS2/XBOX/GC), and The Urbz (PS2/XBox/GC) - and as assistant producer at EA on Urbz: Sims in the City…