Killabyte

Spark New Zealand / Colenso BBDO
CREARCHIVE Score
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Spark New ZealandKillabyte2025
Killabyte
BrandSpark New Zealand
AgencyColenso BBDO
Award ShowD&AD
CategoryINTEGRATED
Year2025
CountriesAustralia, New Zealand
Description

Spark, New Zealand's biggest telco, made a gaming festival unlike any other; by turning the entire event into a giant co-op game: Killabyte. Based on the original Nokia snake, Byte is a virus slowly destroying the festival. And the only way to kill Byte was to arm players. All festivals have a wristband. Spark turned theirs into a weapon, with the power to damage Byte every time it was scanned. For the first time ever, gamers didn’t just attend a gaming festival; they could play it.

Awards
  • • D&AD — Gaming & Virtual Worlds — Wood Pencil
Credits
BrandSpark New Zealand
ClientSpark New Zealand
Entrant CompanyColenso BBDO
Advertising AgencyColenso BBDO
Production CompanyBUCK Sydney
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