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Category
Social Engagement / User-Generated Content
Annual ID
OS_SM18043M
About the Work
FIFA is famous for faithfully replicating trends and behaviours in football, but increasingly footballers, celebrities and influencers have been inspired by the virtual game, as much as the real thing. To expand FIFA’s reach, we needed to attract casual gamers – those who only buy games their friends, family and idols talk about. To do this, we hid a skill move in FIFA 18, then challenged the world’s best player to pull it off. ‘El Tornado’ took social media by storm, with in-game and real trick attempts flooding in. Athletes from other sports, musicians, and other brands got involved. To put further spin on it, we rewarded pro footballers, who proved they could do the move for real, with ‘El Tornado’ certification in game. Shares, engagement and sales broke franchise records, recruiting millions of new players, to prove that a virtual game can influence the real game and culture beyond.
2018 Awards
Total Points: 2
Merit
Credits
Agency
adam&eveDDB / London
Trim / London
Production Company
Smuggler / London
Factory / London
The Mill / London
Media Company
Starcom Mediavest / London
Chief Creative Officer
Richard Brim
Creative Director
Tim Vance
Paul Knott
Designer
Alex Fairman
Director
Adam Berg
Editor
Paul Hardcastle
Dave Davis
Agency Producer
Sian Parker
Christopher Battye
Cinematographer
Erik Sohlstrom
Mattias Rudh
Simon Chaudoir
Creative Team
Rasmus Smith-Bech
Jonas Roth
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