Battlefield V - "Operation Enigma"

Digitas Sydney, Australien

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Marke: Battlefield V
Länder: Australien

Werbende: EA Games

Titel	Operation Enigma
Agentur	Digitas
Kampagne	Operation Enigma
Werbende	EA Games
Marke	Battlefield V
Datum der ersten Ausstrahlung/Veröffentlichung	2019 / 5
Geschäftsbereich	Spielwaren & Spiele
Philosophie	In the lead up to the launch of Battlefield V – the latest chapter in their long-running Battlefield video game franchise set in WW2 – EA Games needed to reignite the passion of core fans. These fans are obsessed with the unseen and untold elements of the Battlefield series. Beyond simply playing the game, they will spend their time hunting for in-game secrets (known as Easter eggs) to share with the wider community. The Easter egg videos they create have over 1 billion views – more than all previous Battlefield launch trailers combined. So we developed something that they couldn’t resist – a tantalising, WW2-themed mystery to unravel known as Operation Enigma. Operation Enigma was an interactive, multi-platform narrative with 60 challenges hidden across 30 different channels in seven languages. For five months, players interacted with chatbot-powered agents, Shazamed trailers, and decoded ciphers within augmented reality lenses. They found secret messages in sheet music and dove deep into the source code of Battlefield.com. They even used real spycraft techniques like steganography to reveal messages hidden in images and morse code to decipher audio recordings, ultimately leading to the final challenge: solving a real WWII Enigma code using a simulator of an actual Enigma machine! To communicate with players on a one-to-one level, we developed an AI-powered ‘secret agent’ using Natural Language Processing (NLP) to read and respond to player messages, enabling genuinely personal experiences for players across 7 different languages. This also allowed us to facilitate a global collective narrative whereby secrets and puzzles could only be unlocked through group collaboration. Without spending a cent on media, Operation Enigma had 40,000 participants and generated over 7.3m impressions, comments and shares over the five month period. The best part? Because we collected, linked and tracked every participant to a unique EA-ID, we were able to close the loop in attribution. This meant that 35% of gamers who engaged with the narrative pre-ordered Battlefield V ahead of launch, delivering an ROI of 287%, making Operation Enigma the most effective marketing activation in the franchise's history.
Medientyp	Branded Content
Länge	136 seconds
Account Executive	Naomi Csoke
Etatdirektor	Mridula Sisaudia
Creative Director	Simon Brock
Texter	Nick Duron
Produktionsleitung	Lizzie Strobel
Projektmanager	Cameron Moses
Brand Strategy Manager	Liam McClure
Technischer Entwickler	Elise Boinnot
Technischer Direktor	Richard Thompson
UX Designer	Oliver Green
Digitales Design	Júlia Correa
Digitales Design	Marsha Levina