Game of War: Fire Age, one of the top-grossing mobile games in the world, has tapped supermodel Kate Upton for its first global marketing campaign that uses traditional media. The first of three spots featuring Upton, by creative shop Untitled Worldwide, will premiere on television this evening with a push during the NFL Network’s Thursday night football game.

“It is fantastic to be instrumental in the start of a new era in gaming and communications,” said Upton in an email. “I love playing the part of Athena—she’s such a bad-ass character, commanding armies, slaying hydra, charging into battle—the work shows how much fun it is, and I am proud to be part of it.”

Parent company Machine Zone spent approximately $40 million in media, according to sources. The campaign will also include digital and social media.

“In the production of the spots we really wanted to dial up the contrast between a dirty, gritty, medieval world and the sweet, inviting Athena,” said Eric Cosper, Untitled ecd, in an email. “She looks out of place but is very much a part of everything that is going on.”

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