How do we turbo charge pre-orders and first month sales of Assassin’s Creed and standout share of voice in a time where four other AAA titles are launching?

TED created a deeply immersive and theatrical brand experience that recreated the world of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate. It was designed to engage and entertain AC fans and influencers a week before launch and focused to generate maximum hype and share of voice for the title. Within the 8-hour curated experience TED produced an hour long live stream that moved through the experience. On the journey interviews with key game characters and the designers were broadcasted world-wide in a partnership with IGN in tandem with all Ubisoft social channels. The event itself invited the top social influencers from the gaming world to play the game, and take part in the evenings interactive elements. All characters from the game were played by actors who were in character all evening and attendees were encouraged to dress in cos play, which together with the setting of an old Victorian Tannery in London Bridge, ensured the world we created represented authentically the Victorian London from the game. Attendees could spend special Assassin’s Pounds as currency across a range of activities including: Betting on the bare-knuckle boxing, take part in weapons training, buy personalised merchandise or buy drinks at the bar. The campaign was referred to as ‘the new benchmark for launching a game’ by the Global Game Director on Assassin’s Creed.