Arnold Schwarzenegger took a break from beefing with the president to market one of the most lucrative mobile games in the world during the Super Bowl.
MZ, the publisher responsible for smartphone strategy games Mobile Strike and Game of War, paid approximately $5 million for a 30-second spot during the first half of the National Football League’s big championship matchup. The ad featured Schwarzenegger rattling off some of his famous action-movie catchphrases while walking through a miniature computer-generated battle. Those one-liners include “I’m back” and “Get to the chopper.”
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Mobile Strike is one of the top-grossing games in the world. It is regularly in the top 5 on iOS and Android, which means it likely makes more than $4-to-$5 million per day.
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