Real Steel: Train Your WRB Robot! Dan Koelsch, August 1, 2011 The World Robot Boxing website now has a new feature called “Learning The Ropes”, where you can train the robot that you built. The website is the viral marketing hub for Disney’s Real Steel, set in the near future where robots have taken over the sport of boxing. The WRB has become the official league for the new sport. Read more about the training after the break. The training has three levels, and they are actually pretty difficult, thanks in part to awkward keystrokes needed to complete maneuvers. Strike Training has you punching metal boxes. Next you have dodge training, where you dodge metal balls, then mixed training, which has you dodging and punching. While the training is kind of fun, it’s also really repetitive. It’s also unfortunate that you can’t use the robot you designed (from what I can tell). I haven’t completed the training yet, so if you do and find something interesting at the end, let us know!Real Steel, directed by Shawn Levy and starring Hugh Jackman, opens in theaters on October 7th. Follow the film on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. ARGs & Campaigns Viral Marketing Real SteelWRB
2012: Cliff Notes September 30, 2009ThisIsTheEnd has a terrific summary of all the happenings from the viral arena knows as 2012. And here they are! The Institute for Human Continuity (otherwise known as The IHC): Know the world is ending in 2012, and working to “preserve a small population” so humanity doesn’t go extinct. They’re… Read More
“Pacific Rim” Facebook Page Posts Realistic Photos Of Monster Clean-Up March 19, 2013Guillermo Del Toro’s epic giant robots versus giant monsters movie Pacific Rim may still be a few months away from its July 11th theatrical release, but you can dive into the world of the Kaiju thanks to the film’s Facebook page. Warner Bros. has been posting images every weekday since… Read More
Tron Legacy Postcards Reveal Japanese Encom Website, New Game, and Countdown To Comic-Con July 12, 2010October 18, 2011More postcards were sent out this week for the Tron Legacy viral campaign, and it looks those coded strips actually DO mean something. Thanks to the work of Unfiction members, we now have a new website in the campaign, which features another simple (yet difficult!) flash game from our friends… Read More