Lewis Hamilton: Secret Life ended on November 10th in a dramatic London finale after eight months. The ground-breaking alternate reality game (ARG) created for Reebok was enjoyed by over 600,000 players in over 150 countries.
Now that www.secretlewis.com has been taken down, we have left some of the games playable here (you will need to use Google Chrome to play them for the moment!):
Heist Sim 1
Heist Sim 2
Heist Sim 3
Heist Sim 4
Heist Sim 5
MI6 Surveillance
Museum Web Hack
Lewis Hamilton made his first appearance on the silver-screen to announce his retirement as an international undercover agent. To celebrate the conclusion of Lewis Hamilton: Secret Life, Reebok staged an event that stretched from the UK to Abu Dhabi.
One hundred lucky fans were invited to an exclusive London premiere of the film telling the story of the game, before joining a live hunt for the final piece of the puzzle that was hidden in the city.
Since Reebok launched the cutting-edge alternate reality game (ARG) eight months ago, over 637,000 players from over 154 countries have taken part. They’ve worked together to solve puzzles and complete tests online, on mobiles and in the real world. Live events have taken place across the globe including tasks in Spain, Lebanon, Malaysia and the UK.
Describing his role in the game, Lewis Hamilton said; “Working on Lewis Hamilton: Secret Life with Reebok has been a great experience. It’s been a massive project and I’ve met people all over the world who’ve been involved. I’ve enjoyed playing a secret agent in the game and it’s a different way to put my ZigTechs through their paces. It is a shame to have to bring it to an end, after working on such an exciting project”.
Developed by Reebok and nDreams, Lewis Hamilton: Secret Life is a world first. It is the only time a global sport star has featured as the central character in a game of this kind. The storyline for each episode showcases a new Reebok technology such as RunTone or ZigTech.
Tonight, following the premiere of a specially created short-film that tells the story of the game, Lewis revealed the code to an invited audience at London’s Apollo cinema. The video message came directly from his training base in Abu Dhabi.
That code kick-started the final live event of the game as audience members left the cinema to be the first to reach the safe on London’s Carnaby Street, crack the code and secure the once-in-a-lifetime prize of a Reebok training session with Lewis.
Says Uli Becker, Global President of Reebok; “Lewis Hamilton: Secret Life has been a fun and innovative project for Reebok. It’s an imaginative way for us to showcase how the new Reebok technologies, ZigTech and Runtone, are helping Lewis in his rigorous training regime. We’ve really enjoyed giving fans the chance to directly engage with this story and the secret life of one of our world-class athletes.”
The game incorporates a maze of fictional websites and characters as well as specially created online games.
