Skylanders Charges into Gamescom with Exciting Announcements and
Franchise Firsts
Company Website:
http://www.skylanders.com
COLOGNE, Germany -- (Business Wire)
Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision
Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI),
continues to blaze the toys-to-life trail with Skylanders franchise
firsts, racing and online multiplayer gameplay on console in Skylanders®
SuperChargers, developed by Vicarious Visions. Whether
fans prefer co-operative play in Adventure Mode or competitive
multiplayer with up to four players in Racing Mode, Skylanders
SuperChargers’ online gaming is fueled with adrenaline-pumping
action right out of the box.
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Skylanders’ all-new Racing Mode, playable in Land, Sea and Sky
environments, features supercharged racing combat, layering in even more
depth and excitement to the game’s online multiplayer component. The
high-octane mode is further amplified with all-new time trials, which
include three-lap races that take friendly competition up a notch as
players battle for the best time score on the leaderboard. All Skylanders
SuperChargers Starter Packs will come loaded with six dynamic
race tracks – two each for Land, Sea and Sky. With hidden routes,
power-ups, and diverse locations, Racing Mode offers completely new ways
to enjoy the game. Whether played in offline split-screen or online
multiplayer, gamers can choose the best route to finish a race, trying
to avoid attacks along the way as they navigate through dynamic
environments. Voice-chat is available with friends for an added layer of
excitement.
Skylanders SuperChargersdelivers more ways to play than
ever before:
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Single-player Adventure Mode
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Online and local co-operative Adventure Mode
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Local 2-player head-to-head racing in split screen
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Online competitive racing with up to 4 players
“Skylanders fans told us they wanted to go head-to-head in online
multiplayer with their friends and family, and we delivered. Skylanders
SuperChargers enables gamers to race against friends all over
the world and brings an exciting new expansion to the Skylanders
gameplay experience,” said John Coyne, senior vice president of consumer
marketing, Activision Publishing, Inc. “We continue to be firmly
committed to driving Skylanders’ spirit for providing
originality, innovation, creativity and fun with each game.”
Skylanders SuperChargers continues to rev its engine with
the addition of Skylanders SuperChargersRacing Action
Packs at launch and beyond. These optional expansion packs, one each for
Land, Sea and Sky, unlock even more thrilling racing content for Portal
Masters. Each pack comes loaded with three special toys, including a
SuperCharger, its signature vehicle and a villain trophy. The villain
trophy unlocks two new tracks and new modes, including SuperVillain Cup,
Boss Pursuit and Mirror Cup. There are 12 boss villains across all three
packs, with four in each pack, which players can defeat and play as.
Fans can then store these boss villains on their villain trophy toy to
play at a friend’s house.
Fans can augment their SuperCharger experience with a complementary,
dedicated racing combat game -- Skylanders SuperChargers Racing
-- for the Wii™ system and Nintendo 3DS™ hand-held system. All-new
tracks, augmented with power-ups, boosts, hazards and more, offer up to
50 different and exciting gameplay experiences. On Nintendo 3DS, gamers
can go head-to-head with competitive multiplayer via local play or
online with up to four players. Iconic Nintendo character Bowser™ and
his Sky vehicle, Clown Cruiser are available in the Skylanders
SuperChargers Racing Starter Packs for Wii and Nintendo 3DS and
can also be played on the Wii U™ system. The Supercharged character not
only works in Skylanders SuperChargers Racing, but also as
amiibo in compatible Nintendo games, so players can store their saved
data in both modes with a simple twist of the figure’s base.
About Skylanders SuperChargers
Skylanders SuperChargers expands upon the franchise’s
signature gameplay to introduce a brand-new play pattern to fans,
vehicles-to-life. For the first time ever, kids can explore and navigate
the mountainous terrains, deep sea environments and big blue skies of
Skylands like never before by going behind the wheel of powerful,
tricked-out land, sea and sky vehicles - bringing them from physical
world into the digital world in a high octane action-adventure
videogame. The game offers a diverse and dynamic story-driven gameplay
experience, filled with vehicle-based and on-foot adventures featuring
combat, puzzles, mini games, activities and platforming -- all set
within a variety of new compelling environments. Skylanders
SuperChargershas 20 land, sea and sky vehicles that are fun to
play in the game and in the real world. There is also a new class of
heroes -- 20 SuperCharger toys that feature all-new powerful attacks and
moves, upgrades and personalities. The game supports all 300+ Skylander
toys from previous games.
Skylanders SuperChargers will be available on September 25
in Europe and September 20 in North America on the Xbox One, Xbox 360,
PlayStation® 4 system, PlayStation® 3 system and Nintendo’s Wii U™
system. Additionally, the complete Skylanders SuperChargers experience
will be available on iPad® 1. Skylanders SuperChargers
Racing will be available on September 25 in Europe and September
20 in North America for Wii™ and Nintendo 3DS.
About the Skylanders®
Franchise
The award-winning, $3 billion Skylanders franchise has sold
through more than 250 million action figures2 since
pioneering the toys-to-life category in 2011 with the debut of Skylanders®
Spyro’s Adventure. The game originated a play pattern that
seamlessly bridged physical and virtual worlds across multiple
platforms. In 2012, Skylanders® Giants further evolved the genre
and added LightCore® characters to the
collection of interaction figures. Skylanders® SWAP Force™,
which launched in 2013, introduced an all new play pattern –
swapability. In 2014, Skylanders® Trap Team
reversed the magic of bringing toys to life by allowing players to pull
characters out of the digital world into the physical world and became
the number 1 kids’ console game globally2.
About Activision Publishing
Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Publishing,
Inc. is a leading global producer and publisher of interactive
entertainment. Activision maintains operations throughout the world.
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company's website, www.activision.com
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² Based on revenue from January – June, 2015, according to the NPD
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