History ProductPlacement / VideoGames

** There's a sidequest that's essentially an extended advertisement for Cup Noodles, hitting its peak near the end, where [[TheBigGuy Gladiolus]] talks about how great Cup Noodle is while the camera is pointed directly at his face, as if he were speaking directly to the player rather than his TrueCompanions. Noctis even remarks that Gladio is acting really out-of-character and that it's weird for him to like instant noodles anyway, being as he's a noble who can afford actual food. The English voice actors recorded two versions of the lines - one sincere, one as [[HamAndCheese eye-rolling and bored as possible]] - and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SbOunuomDg sarcastic take]] was used for the eventual game.

* ''VideoGame/DeathStranding'' has Monster Energy Drink ''everywhere''. It fills your canteen, boosts your stamina, you get gratuitous zoom-ins on the cans when in Sam's room, and it's displayed predominantly in all safe houses. It can even show up as a delivery item because, even AfterTheEnd, you just gotta Unleash The Beast[[TradeSnark ™]]! Much less egregiously is the ad for ''AMC’s Ride with Norman Reedus'' which is used as a GagCensor when Sam has a shower.

** ''{{VideoGame/Metal Gear 2|SolidSnake}}'', which was set in 1999, had the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSX MSX]]. Snake even lampshades it by complaining about the computers being everywhere, saying that the only people who still use them are 'freaks'. This line was removed from the slightly modernized version available on the ''Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence'' disc, since it was no longer funny.

* Some racing games are actually marketed with this in mind, like ''VideoGame/NFSPorscheUnleashed'' and ''VideoGame/AutomobiliLamborghini''. There's also ''VideoGame/BeetleAdventureRacing'' for the Platform/{{Nintendo 64}}.

** In games around the late 2000's, such as '[=ProStreet=]'', special cars that were either obtainable at some point in the game, obtainable via a cheat code, or purchasable via an online marketplace, had sponsor-based liveries such as for Energizer and Progressive.

** ''VideoGame/CoolSpot'' - for Platform/{{Super Nintendo|EntertainmentSystem}} and v/SegaGenesis, which was a surprisingly good platformer. The European versions, however, changed all 7-Up elements except for Spot itself; this included recoloring a giant soda bottle red (this is because in Europe 7-Up's mascot was a character named Fido Dido, whom Americans may know best from a series of commercials for then-rival Slice sodas, ad bumpers during CBS Saturday-morning cartoons in the early '90s, or a stand alone Genesis game in 1993 that lacked product placement).

** ''VideoGame/CoolSpot'' - for UsefulNotes/{{Super Nintendo|EntertainmentSystem}} and UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis, which was a surprisingly good platformer. The European versions, however, changed all 7-Up elements except for Spot itself; this included recoloring a giant soda bottle red (this is because in Europe 7-Up's mascot was a character named Fido Dido, whom Americans may know best from a series of commercials for then-rival Slice sodas, ad bumpers during CBS Saturday-morning cartoons in the early '90s, or a stand alone Genesis game in 1993 that lacked product placement).

* ''VideoGame/AvoidTheNoid'' for the UsefulNotes/Commodore64 and ''VideoGame/YoNoid'' for the NES (Domino's Pizza). The latter happened to be a localized version of ''[[DolledUpInstallment Masked Ninja Hanamaru]]'' in Japan. This explains why the abilities and mechanics don't fit in with the Domino's character.

** There was also ''VideoGame/McDonaldsTreasureLandAdventure'' for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis, developed by Creator/{{Treasure}} when they were newly incorporated and needed the money.

* Every company that could afford it opened a video game division in the days of Atari, prior to UsefulNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983. As mentioned on that page, it got to the point where ''Quaker Oats'' had a videogame division.
* Kaneko made two games for the {{UsefulNotes/SNES}} and Genesis starring the Cheetos mascot Chester Cheetah: ''Wild Wild Quest'' and ''Too Cool to Fool''. Surprisingly ''Too Cool to Fool'' lacks any actual appearance of any Cheetos products.

* [[Toys/NerfBrand NERF N-Strike]], by Hasbro, features their famous foam dart blasters in a First-Person Shooter on the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}. It even comes with a fully functional N-Strike Blaster that you can detach the barrel/plunger assembly from so that you can dock a Wii Remote in it to turn it into a gun-controller!

** Doritos made their own videogames copying Series/TakeshisCastle and Series/{{Wipeout2008}}: ''VideoGame/DoritosCrashCourse'', a 2-game series for UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade on the UsefulNotes/XBox360.
* ''Kool Aid Man'' for UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}} and a totally different game for UsefulNotes/{{Intellivision}}. The Atari game had the player playing as Kool Aid Man and saving a large pool of Kool Aid from monsters known as Thirsties. In the Intellivision game you played as two kids running around a house to find the ingredients to make Kool Aid, also avoiding the Thirsties.
* ''Chase The Chuckwagon'' for the UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}}, based on the series of Purina TV ads from the 70's, sold only through a special mail-in offer. You pretty much played as a dog running around a maze and collecting bits of kibble while avoiding the titular chuckwagon.
* ''Maru-chan de Goo!'', a MinigameGame which happens to be one of the few arcade-exclusive titles on the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn-like Sega Titan-Video hardware. Yes, as in the ramen brand.

* Some racing games are actually marketed with this in mind, like ''VideoGame/NFSPorscheUnleashed'' and ''VideoGame/AutomobiliLamborghini''. There's also ''VideoGame/BeetleAdventureRacing'' for the UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo 64}}.

* The Xbox 360 version of ''FIFA 2008'' contains UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 ads. Apparently, Sony is a FIFA sponsor, and you have to have ads of sponsors in a FIFA game. [[UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars Oh, the irony.]]

* The protagonist of the ''VideoGame/{{Pokemon}}'' games has Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s current home console in his/her room, including the Super NES (Gen. I), the N64 (Gen. II), the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube (Gen. III), the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} (Gens. IV and V), the UsefulNotes/WiiU (Gens. VI and Sun/Moon), and the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch (Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon).

* Being an UsefulNotes/XboxOne exclusive, ''VideoGame/QuantumBreak'' contains many product placements for other Microsoft products--specifically Windows phones and Surface tablets. Instead of exaggerated, "Hollywood OS" depictions of operating systems, characters are shown copying files and doing tasks on commodity Windows 10 installations. Nissan cars are also ''everywhere'' in the game, from Leafs to Titans to [=350Zs=].

* ''Rent A Hero No.1'', the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast remake of ''VideoGame/RentAHero'', has the titular hero's super suit powered by Sanyo batteries. Quite curious, since every other product in the game is a pun on actual brands or parody thereof (for example, our hero has a "Creamcast" in his home).

* ''Franchise/StarWars: VideoGame/ShadowsOfTheEmpire'' on the UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo 64}} contains a bit of product placement to itself, of all things: during the mission inside the freighter the ''Suprosa'', when Dash locates the supercomputer containing the new Death Star plans, it will greatly resemble an N64 with a ''Shadows'' cartridge plugged in if viewed from a sufficient distance.
* Also a common sight in UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} games.

* At the beginning of ''VideoGame/TheSuicideOfRachelFoster'', you can go into Leonard [=McGrath=]'s office room, where you can see one of the floppy disks on a stack of books on his desk next to a UsefulNotes/Commodore64 (complete with monitor, keyboard, and mouse). Also during Day 2, you go into the freezer room and collect a bean soup can, labeled as "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Crocker Betty Crocker's]] [[https://www.thedailymeal.com/eat/if-you-grew-70s-you-ll-definitely-remember-these-foods-slideshow/slide-10 Mug-O-Lunch]]", no less.

* UsefulNotes/XBox360 avatars can be dressed up or given props that advertise particular games, events, or designer brands of clothing or headphones. Very few of these are free, which can lead to the [[InvertedTrope inversion]] of you paying Microsoft points to advertise someone else's product.

* Nearly every sports game, the "product" being the relevant organization.