How to add ads to your games in Window 8 and WP8

1. Advertsing in Windows 8
and Windows phone 8
WaveEngine Team
@waveengineteam
http://waveengine.net

2. Microsoft Advertising
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/dn259661.aspx

3. To add ads in W8/WP8
1 – Create a PubCenter account and enable a banner

4. Adding ads in W8
2 – Download and install the Microsoft Advertising Windows 8 SDK
http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9815330

5. Adding ads in W8
3 – Reference the SDK in the Launcher Project

6. Adding ads in W8
4 – You can use the test account to test ads
Test User Account
ApplicationId: d25517cb-12d4-4699-8bdc-52040c712cab
AdUnitId: 10042999

7. Addings ads in W8
pubCenter Ad Unit Size (Width x Height) Experience AdUnitId
160 x 600 Windows 8 Image Ad with click to Full Screen Image 10043136
160 x 600 Windows 8 Video Ad with click to Full Screen Video 10043135
160 x 600 Windows 8 Image Ad 10043134
250 x 250 Windows 8 Image Ad with click to Full Screen Image 10043107
250 x 250 Windows 8 Image Ad with Hotspots 10043104
300 x 250 Windows 8 Image Ad with click to Full Screen Image 10043055
300 x 250 Windows 8 Video Ad with click to Full Screen Video 10043056
300 x 250 Windows 8 Image Ad with Hotspots 10043057
300 x 600 Windows 8 Image Ad 10043030
728 x 90 Windows 8 Image Ad with click to Full Screen Image 10043000
728 x 90 Windows 8 Video Ad with click to Full Screen Video 10042999
728 x 90 Windows 8 Image Ad 10042998
Ad Unit Size for testing Source: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/hh506361.aspx

8. Adding ads in W8
5 – Add the xaml control to our game in MainPage.xml

9. Adding ads in W8
6 – Launch your game now with ads.

10. Adding ads in WP8
3 – Reference the SDK in the Launcher project

11. Adding ads in WP8
4 – Configure the capabilites requiered in the launcher project.

12. Adding ads to WP8
5 – You can use the test account to test ads
Test User Account
ApplicationId: test_client
AdUnitId: Image480_80

13. Adding ads in WP8
6 – Add the xaml control in the MainPage.xml

14. Adding ads in WP8
7 – Launch your game to check ads

15. Thank you
WaveEngine Team
@waveengineteam
http://waveengine.net