Skylanders Charges into Gamescom with
Exciting Announcements and Franchise Firsts
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 SuperChargers delivers more ways to play than
ever before:
- Single-player Adventure Mode
- Online and local co-operative Adventure
Mode
- Local 2-player head-to-head racing in
split screen
- 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 SuperChargers Racing 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 SuperChargers has 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. More information about Activision and its
products can be found on the company's website, www.activision.com
or by following @Activision.
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² Based on revenue from January – June, 2015, according to the
NPD Group, GfK Chart-track, and Activision Blizzard internal
estimates, including toys and accessories.
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