The new trailer for the real-time strategy game, Rise of Kingdoms, introduces the warriors of the North, the Vikings. Directed by againstallodds, the film features the Viking leader, Ragnar, giving an epic speech preparing for war, readying his sword and stepping out to face his army while snow swirls around. Realised in stylised CG animation, the film uses the established characters and designs from the game and brings them into an epic cinematic short.
Rise of Kingdoms ‘The Vikings are here!’ By againstallodds
| Director | againstallodds |
| Client | Lilith Games |
| Writer | Joseph Morpurgo |
| Executive Producer | Lucie Friar |
| Head of Production | Mike Turoff |
| Producer | Adriana Piasek-Wanski & Xavier Questel |
| New Business Producer | Paige Sullivan |
| CG Coordinators | Suz Forward |
| Head of CG | Jason Nicholas |
| VFX Supervisor | Dave Walker |
| Art Direction | Christian Mills, Sam Klughertz |
| Character Design | againstallodds |
| Concept Art | Reuben Mcnaughton, Romain Thirion |
| Storyboard | againstallodds |
| Passion Pipeline TD | Sajjad Amjad |
| IT Support/ Engineering team | Tim Wharton, Dan Borg, Thomas Lynch |
| Finance & Accounting | Rob Stannett, Kendrah Matthews, Ben Davies, Grant Harris, Famia Khalique |