{"id":21626,"title":"Top 10 Video Game Adverts","description":"Because of the space video games reside, they can often afford to be more playful or creative and we have lined up a few of those advertisements here just for you. Here are our top 10 video game adverts.","content":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.teemill.com\/wyhnjdyoeetd5tldbhlla6ydpaq2wwiihp8dqpfvronapzte.png\" alt=\"wyhnjdyoeetd5tldbhlla6ydpaq2wwiihp8dqpfvronapzte.png\" \/><\/p><p>Video games themselves are a creative environment, from the graphics to the sound design to the story. So much goes into them, but to find out if we like them we must first buy them. This adds another creative element to the mix, marketing. Where as most advertising nowadays goes over our heads, there are some campaigns that stick with us for one reason or another.<\/p><p><\/p><p>Because of the space video games reside, they can often afford to be more playful or creative and we have lined up a few of those advertisements here just for you. Here are some of our favourite and most memorable video game adverts.<\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><h3>10. Sega Does What Nintendon\u2019t<\/h3><div data-youtube-video=\"\"><iframe class=\"youtube\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k7nsBoqJ6s8\"><\/iframe><\/div><p><\/p><p>There is nothing better than when 2 companies go to war. Some of the best advertising of all time is when you business giants take shots at each other via the marketing department. This classic is is just one example, and it is a classic. It might be older that you are but you still have to appreciate it.<\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><h3>9. Call of Duty - The Vet &amp; The Noob<\/h3><div data-youtube-video=\"\"><iframe class=\"youtube\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gb2SNOeHuso\"><\/iframe><\/div><p><\/p><p>The Call of Duty marketing department blew their budget here, calling in Jonah Hill to show us how we all start out in gaming. We are the noob and become the vet. It is an entertaining take on the game, and very relatable.<\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><h3>8. Dead Space 2<\/h3><div data-youtube-video=\"\"><iframe class=\"youtube\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nKkPFDEiC6Q\"><\/iframe><\/div><p><\/p><p>Very clever stuff here. If your mom hates it, then you just have to but it! Dead space did something no one else thought of, it showed the game to the one audience it new would hate it. Then it showed us how much they hated it. Then we bought it.<\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><h3>7. To Michael<\/h3><div data-youtube-video=\"\"><iframe class=\"youtube\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7_fPtazfALA\"><\/iframe><\/div><p><\/p><p>To Michael is a very clever gaming advert that has some classic Sony characters saying to thanks to you, the player (or more specifically Michael). Everyone from Kratos to Nathan Drake swapping stories and paying homage to the one that gets them to the finish line.<\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><h3>6. Legend of Zelda<\/h3><div data-youtube-video=\"\"><iframe class=\"youtube\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/09wBn4ux3N0\"><\/iframe><\/div><p><\/p><p>I put this in because it is Robin Williams, and he deserves to be shown simply because. Also, he named his daughter Zelda (legend). The advert is simple and has an emotional element that proves parents and children can have a connection through gaming, when it is usually the opposite dynamic that comes to mind.<\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><h3>5. Believe - Halo 3<\/h3><div data-youtube-video=\"\"><iframe class=\"youtube\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a3ZGGIdpfEM\"><\/iframe><\/div><p><\/p><p>This is a unique piece of advertising. Somber music plays while the camera pans over a diorama of 3D models that is said to have spanned over 1,200 feet. Hand crafted human and covenant figures are stopped in time, mid battle. It is oddly emotional, which is probably the point, to create a connection between the viewer and the game. Also, apparently this advert cost almost $10 million.<\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><h3>Need For Speed: Most Wanted<\/h3><div data-youtube-video=\"\"><iframe class=\"youtube\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0D5IRprGcCI\"><\/iframe><\/div><p><\/p><p>If you want to know how to advertise a game, this is it. This advert for Need For Speed: Most Wanted represents the game perfectly. Old Western music plays, one by one the drivers face off against the cops in a tense stand off. Enter the boy racer to break that tension and start some trouble.<\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><h3>3. Mad World - Gears of War<\/h3><div data-youtube-video=\"\"><iframe class=\"youtube\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wy8LRlS1SCc\"><\/iframe><\/div><p><\/p><p>This advert was hailed on its release. The graphics may seem out dated now but back in 2008, this was incredible to look at. A decaying world filled with destruction and death, our hero running from something, then he finds something worse. All while listening to the most depressing song you can imagine. The juxtaposition is brilliant.<\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><h3>2. Playstation - Double Life<\/h3><div data-youtube-video=\"\"><iframe class=\"youtube\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QIW4HMl81hw\"><\/iframe><\/div><p><\/p><p><em>\u201cI have commanded armies, and conquered worlds\u201c.<\/em> Yes we have. When Playstation entered the console scene, it brought something different to what the dominant Sega and Nintendo offered. Even their advertising tended to stand out, sometimes off the wall and other adverts were like \u2018Double Life\u2019. It walks the line of short film. It also explains why some of us play games, we get to do things we otherwise can\u2019t.<\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><h3>1. Dead island<\/h3><div data-youtube-video=\"\"><iframe class=\"youtube\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ialZcLaI17Y\"><\/iframe><\/div><p><\/p><p>To this day, if I think of good adverts (gaming or not) this advert comes to mind. It does just just sell a game, it tells a story and a surprisingly emotional one for a Zombie game. The advert plays out in reverse over some beautiful piano led music. The more it plays, the sadder it gets. I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if this advert accounted for most of the games sales.<\/p><p><\/p><p>That is our list, what adverts are burned into your brain?<\/p><p><\/p><p>Game on friends<\/p><p>GGWP<\/p>","urlTitle":"video-game-adverts-we-will-never-forget","url":"\/blog\/video-game-adverts-we-will-never-forget\/","editListUrl":"\/my-blogs","editUrl":"\/my-blogs\/edit\/video-game-adverts-we-will-never-forget\/","fullUrl":"https:\/\/ggwpclothing.com\/blog\/video-game-adverts-we-will-never-forget\/","featured":false,"published":true,"showOnSitemap":true,"hidden":false,"visibility":null,"createdAt":1665412111,"updatedAt":1668267762,"publishedAt":1668267762,"lastReadAt":null,"division":{"id":243989,"name":"GGWP Clothing"},"tags":[{"id":1920,"code":"videogames","name":"videogames","url":"\/blog\/tagged\/videogames\/"},{"id":1925,"code":"top10","name":"Top10","url":"\/blog\/tagged\/top10\/"}],"metaImage":{"original":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/lbbum1hkaqf63odbp8aazdmy8sts14t6ri7it5kgnrwtsmhm.png","thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/lbbum1hkaqf63odbp8aazdmy8sts14t6ri7it5kgnrwtsmhm.png.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/lbbum1hkaqf63odbp8aazdmy8sts14t6ri7it5kgnrwtsmhm.png.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"metaTitle":"","metaDescription":"","keyPhraseCampaignId":null,"series":[],"similarReads":[{"id":21330,"title":"Most Popular Online Games","url":"\/blog\/most-played-online-games\/","urlTitle":"most-played-online-games","division":243989,"description":"What are the most played online games right now. 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