Skylanders, Leader of the Toys-to-Life Category, Brings Cards to Life with Skylanders Battlecast
August 18 2015 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Skylanders Delivers Brand-New Adventure with
Free-to-Play Mobile Card Battle Game
Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of
Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), is setting out to create
a legendary league of card battlers with the mobile card battle
game, Skylanders Battlecast. Created by the pioneers of the
toys-to-life videogame category, Skylanders Battlecast
brings cards to life in a new free-to-play mobile adventure, set
within the Skylanders universe. The game offers everything from
collectibility to strategic card combat, online PvP and an exciting
single-player campaign, appealing to both Skylanders fans and
classic card battle enthusiasts. Skylanders Battlecast lets
players create a team of their favorite heroes and build the
ultimate deck for battle. Fans can master strategic card
combinations to become a champion of Skylands.
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Coming in 2016, Skylanders Battlecast
brings cards to life with a new free-to-play mobile card battle
adventure. (Photo: Business Wire)
“Built from the ground up to bring Skylanders to life on mobile
devices, Skylanders Battlecast combines physical card play
with mobile gaming in an all-new way,” says Eric Hirshberg, CEO,
Activision Publishing, Inc. “This is our biggest investment, and
one of our most magical ideas yet, for the Skylanders franchise on
mobile.”
For Skylanders Battlecast, players can purchase physical
card packs at retail, as well as digital card packs in-game.
Players will experience a magic moment by scanning cards with their
mobile devices and watching them come to life. Additionally, fans
can scan two character cards to create animated duels in which
players can physically interact with the characters.
“We are bringing physical cards to life in an exciting new way.
Activision has assembled a team of experts across video game
design, physical card game design, pro card players and top card
artists to develop an amazing new experience,” says Josh Taub,
senior vice president, product management, Activision Publishing.
“With Skylanders Battlecast, fans can expect the amazing
creativity, innovation and fun that Skylanders games are known for
delivering.”
Coming in 2016, Skylanders Battlecast will be available
via the App Store, Google Play and the Amazon Appstore.
About the
Skylanders®
Franchise
The award-winning, $3 billion Skylanders franchise has sold
through more than 250 million action figures¹ since pioneering the
toys-to-life category in 2011 with the debut of Skylanders® Spyro’s
Adventure. 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 is the number one
console title and kids’ console game year to date¹. Skylanders
SuperChargers expands upon the franchise’s signature gameplay to
introduce a brand-new play pattern to fans, vehicles-to-life.
Skylanders SuperChargers will be available on September 20 in North
America, September 24 in Australia/New Zealand and September 25 in
Europe.
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.
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 dates of Skylanders Battlecast and Skylanders
SuperChargers 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.
© 2015 Activision Publishing, Inc., SKYLANDERS, SKYLANDERS
BATTLECAST, SKYLANDERS SUPERCHARGERS and ACTIVISION are trademarks
of Activision Publishing, Inc.
¹ According to the NPD Group, GfK Chart-track, and Activision
Blizzard internal estimates, including toys and accessories.
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