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ENEMY FRONT W HOUR

TitleENEMY FRONT W HOUR
BrandCI GAMES
Product/ServiceENEMT FRONT (VIDEO GAME)
Category A09. USE OF OTHER DIGITAL PLATFORMS IN A MEDIA CAMPAIGN
Entrant Company McCANN WORLDGROUP Warsaw, POLAND
Advertising Agency McCANN WORLDGROUP Warsaw, POLAND
Production Company DELAPOST Warsaw, POLAND
Credits
Name Company Position
Jacek Szulecki Mccann Worldgroup Poland Executive Creative Director
Szymon Szymanski Mccann Worldgroup Poland Managing Director
Lukasz Kotlinski Mccann Worldgroup Poland Art Director
Iza Przepiorska/Kotlinska Mccann Worldgroup Poland Copywriter
Mateusz Jankowski Mccann Worldgroup Poland Art Director
Agnieszka Wichracka Mccann Worldgroup Poland Account Director
Pawel Trocinski Mccann Worldgroup Poland Account Executive
Bartek Klus Mccann Worldgroup Poland Account Executive
Anna Gonera Mccann Worldgroup Poland Strategy Planner
Edyta Wierciak Mccann Worldgroup Poland Agency Producer
Magdalena Kieferling Mccann Worldgroup Poland Communications Director
Blazej Krakowiak CI Games Pr Director
Marek Tyminski CI Games Chairman Of The Board
Wojciech Jezowski Black Rabbit Director

Results and Effectiveness

Thanks to a patch uploaded a few days earlier, on the first of August at exactly 17:00 (the same time that Poles stop in the streets to honour the heroes of the Uprising) we stopped the gameplay in „Enemy Front”. Gamers were redirected to a website containing a short documentary film about the Uprising and were also invited to honour the heroes via Fb. Through this we generated over 500 000 confirmed reach in social media in first 8 hours. Over 50 000 people from 124 countries visited our website.

Creative Execution

We came up with an idea that we will stop the game for an exactly 1 minute. Thanks to a patch uploaded a few days earlier on the first of August at exactly 17:00 (the same time that Poles stop in the streets to honour the heroes of the Uprising) we stopped the gameplay in „Enemy Front”. Gamers where redirected to a website containing a short documentary film about the Warsaw Uprising and were also invited to honour the heroes via social media as well as share it with their friends.

Insights, Strategy and the Idea

Enemy Front is a game set during the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. On the first of August every year Poles stop in the streets for a minute at exactly 17:00 to honour the heroes of the largest organised resisitance action of WW2. It is regarded by Poles as one of the most heroic events. Our aim was to bring home the awareness that the game's events were based on a historical reality and also to spread awareness among gamers and non-gamers worldwide. Thanks to a patch uploaded a few days earlier, at the same time that Poles stop, we stopped the gameplay. Gamers were redirected to a website containing a short documentary about the Uprising and were also invited to honour the heroes via Fb. Through this we wanted to bring home the awarness that for the heroes of the Warsaw Uprising it was far from being a game.