Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of
Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), announced today that it
will bring the complete Skylanders Trap Team videogame to
tabletsi at launch, marking the first time a full Skylanders® game
will be available on iPad®, Kindle Fire and Android tablets
day-and-date with the console version. The tablet version of the
game delivers the same experience with console-quality graphicsii
and comes with its own high performance controller, delivering yet
another significant technological leap to the Skylanders
franchise.
Skylanders Trap Team on tablet devices
launches this October. (Photo: Business Wire)
The Skylanders Trap Team Tablet Starter Pack will include
a Bluetooth® Traptanium Portal™; an embedded Bluetooth® controller
to provide the best gameplay experience possible; a built-in tablet
stand; two Skylanders characters; two Traps and a display tray that
lets Portal Masters keep track of the Traps they’ve collected and
which villains they have trapped.
“Skylanders has become an incredibly appealing brand and
franchise for kids around the world. And the tablet has become an
incredibly appealing gaming platform for kids around the world. But
we haven't been able to bring the full Skylanders experience to the
tablet until now,” said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision
Publishing. “We always want to deliver breakthrough
experiences, and we also always want to be wherever gamers want to
play. This is a chance for us to bring the magic of Skylanders to a
whole new platform and audience. Whether you want to sit on the
couch and play with the wireless controller, or play on the go
using just the tablet itself, this provides a great experience for
gamers.”
Skylanders Trap Team brings a ground-breaking innovation
to the Skylanders franchise by reversing the magic of its signature
Toys-To-Life™ play pattern to let kids bring life to toys.
Skylanders Trap Team allows Portal Masters to seek out the
most wanted villains in all of Skylands, defeat them and pull them
out of the game into their living rooms by capturing them in
magical Traps. Fans can then play as both heroes and villains who
join the forces of good in an all-new adventure. Now, for the first
time in franchise history, fans can experience a full Skylanders
game on the go, wherever and whenever they want.
The tablet version of Skylanders Trap Team upholds the
same gameplay-driven adventure as the console version with
console-quality graphics,ii complete with lush, expansive
environments that push the technological boundaries of select
tablet devices. Like the console version of the game, all toys will
be cross-platform compatible, with all skills and upgrades
intact.
Skylanders Trap Team on tablet can be experienced two
different ways:
- “Controller” – Fans can play the
game just like the console version using the Bluetooth Traptanium
Portal and toys with the custom Bluetooth Skylanders game
controller included in the Tablet Starter Pack.
- “Touch Controls” – For players
who prefer to use touch controls instead of a controller, fans have
the option to play the game just using on-screen touch
controls.
The Skylanders Trap Team Starter Pack will be available
on October 5th in North America, October 10th in Europe and October
2nd in Australia on the following platforms: a variety of iPad®,
Kindle Fire and Android tablets; Xbox One and Xbox 360 games and
entertainment systems from Microsoft; PlayStation®4 system;
PlayStation®3 system; Nintendo's Wii™ system and Nintendo's Wii U™
system. A different, unique adventure also will be available on the
Nintendo 3DS™ hand-held system.
About the
Skylanders®
Franchise
The award-winning, $2 billion Skylanders franchise pioneered the
Toys-to-Life category in 2011 with the debut of Skylanders Spyro's
Adventure®. The game originated a new play pattern that seamlessly
bridged physical and virtual worlds across multiple platforms. In
October 2012, Skylanders Giants™ further evolved the genre and
added the mega-sized Giant Skylanders and LightCore® characters to
the collection of interaction figures. Skylanders SWAP Force
launched in October 2013 and introduced an all-new play pattern -
swapability. The Skylanders franchise was the top selling kids'
videogame of 20131, and is now one of the top 20 videogame
franchises of all time2. Skylanders Trap Team, the newest
installment due out in North America on October 5, 2014, reverses
the magic of bringing toys to life - incredibly letting kids pull
characters out of the digital world into the physical world. For
more information, please visit: www.skylanders.com and
Activision.com/presscenter.
About Activision
Publishing
Headquartered in Santa Monica, California,
Activision Publishing, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer,
publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure
products. Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada,
Brazil, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland,
Italy, Sweden, Spain, Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia,
Singapore, mainland China, Hong Kong and the region of Taiwan. More
information about Activision and its products can be found on the
company’s website, www.activision.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking
Statements: Information in this press release that involves
Activision Publishing’s expectations, plans, intentions or
strategies regarding the future, including statements about the
expected release date of Skylanders Trap Team™, are forward-looking
statements that are not facts and involve a number of risks and
uncertainties. Factors that could cause Activision Publishing’s
actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in
the forward-looking statements set forth in this release include
unanticipated product delays and other factors identified in the
risk factors sections of Activision Blizzard’s most recent annual
report on Form 10-K and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form
10-Q. The forward-looking statements in this release are based upon
information available to Activision Publishing and Activision
Blizzard as of the date of this release, and neither Activision
Publishing nor Activision Blizzard assumes any obligation to update
any such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements
believed to be true when made may ultimately prove to be incorrect.
These statements are not guarantees of the future performance of
Activision Publishing or Activision Blizzard and are subject to
risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond
its control and may cause actual results to differ materially from
current expectations.
© 2014 Activision Publishing, Inc., SKYLANDERS, SKYLANDERS TRAP
TEAM, SKYLANDERS SPYRO’S ADVENTURE, SKYLANDERS GIANTS, SKYLANDERS
SWAP FORCE, TRAPTANIUM PORTAL, LIGHTCORE, TOYS TO LIFE, and
ACTIVISION are trademarks of Activision Publishing, Inc.
Apple, the Apple logo, and iPad, trademarks of Apple Inc.,
registered in the U.S. and other countries. App Store is a service
mark of Apple Inc.
¹ According to The NPD Group, GfK Chart-Track and Activision
Blizzard internal estimates, including toys and accessories²
According to The NPD Group and GfK Chart-Track
i Available on select tablet devicesii Graphics quality may vary
due to device limitations
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PMK•BNCMichele Wyman,
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Brown, 424-744-5864dior.brown@activision.com
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