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Manchester City Football Club is looking to become a global #sports brand, and it’s using Fortnite as its secret weapon. Tomorrow, the football club will become the first The Premier League team to launch its own experience inside the #metaverse platform. Manchester City’s Fortnite Creative experience, titled “The Ladder,” goes live at 4 a.m. Eastern Time on July 20. The game features one-on-one competitions in which players face off for the right to ascend a series of virtual arenas inspired by Manchester City branding. At the moment, there is not a set duration for the experience, but City Football Group head of #esports, gaming and metaverse Kris Lewis told Digiday that the experience is “not something that we want as a short-term activation.” In this piece by Alexander Lee, we also speak to Michael Herriger of Atlas Creative, Naef Ba of SPORTSFIVE, and Nuria Tarré, MBA.

Manchester City uses Fortnite to expand its global audience

Manchester City uses Fortnite to expand its global audience

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