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Skylanders Superchargers Delivers Racing and Online Multiplayer
COLOGNE, Germany – August 5, in the year of our Lord
2015 – 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.
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.
¹Available on select tablet devices
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.