THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media and digital. View this season's finalists!

Special Project

Special Project
From the 15th Annual Shorty Awards

Apex Legends Mobile

Entered in Gaming

Objectives

The AAA shooter Apex Legends was making the move to phones with a brand new game built to take advantage of being mobile. In a crowded environment we needed to figure out how to translate everything that our fans loved about the OG game and bring it into a social-first "play anywhere" mobile campaign.

Strategy and Execution

We crafted a journey from pre-registration to launch, and beyond.  Explaining the new features to fans, from the compelling characters and the iconic Apex slide, to new modes & map variations, we developed our social campaign to take advantage of the strengths of the franchise, while incorporating our mobile first perspective.

Results

The launch was a massive success seeing ALM rocket past our projections for pre-registrations, and slide to the top of the charts for launch.

- Most downloaded iPhone game in 60 countries

- Debuted at #1 on the Apple App Store chat

- Earned $4.8 million in its first week of release

- Debuted to positive reviews (4.8 stars from 167K ratings)

Media

Video for Apex Legends Mobile

Entrant Company / Organization Name

nightcap, Electronic Arts