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Skylanders Giants Hits Store Shelves on October 21rst 2012
Skylanders Giants™ Debuts 16 All-New Characters, New Tech, Returning Favorites with New Powers and Vast New Playgrounds to Explore
Santa Monica, CA – October 18, in the year of our Lord
2012 – Portal Masters everywhere will once again face
the evil Portal Master Kaos in a brand new adventure in
Skylanders Giants, which is poised to prove that bigger really
is better when the game hits store shelves in North America on
October 21, 2012 for Nintendo’s Wii™ system, Nintendo 3DS™, the
Xbox 360™ game and entertainment system, and the PlayStation®3
computer entertainment system.
The sequel to the best-selling kids title in 2011 and
best-selling game of 2012 year to date*, Skylanders Giants, from
Activision Publishing, Inc., a subsidiary of Activision
Blizzard, Inc. [Nasdaq: ATVI], has already received endorsements
from the Toys“R”Us® Christmas Hot Toy List, the Toy Insider “Hot
20 Toys for the Christmas” and Time To Play’s “Christmas 2012
Most Wanted List”.
Skylanders Giants builds on the success of its predecessor by
dramatically enhancing the magic of bringing toys to life in an
exciting virtual experience as first introduced in Skylanders
Spyro’s Adventure. The game features 16 new characters, led by
eight Giant Skylanders, who are twice the size of their
comrades. The Giants each have exciting new powers and abilities
to match their size. Joining the Giants are eight new
Skylanders, who also feature never-before-seen powers.
Additionally, Skylanders Giants introduces new LightCore™
Skylanders that glow when on or near the Portal of Power®—no
batteries required. Fan-favorites from Skylanders Spyro’s
Adventure return as Series 2 characters featuring an all new
“Wow Pow” upgrade power as well as the choice of more than one
upgrade path. And all your favorite characters from Skylanders
Spyro’s Adventure are 100% compatible with Skylanders
Giants—stats and customizations intact.
“It’s really gratifying that in less than a year, we’ve seen
Skylanders go from being an intriguing untested new IP to
becoming one of the hottest kids franchises in the world. And it
has been universally acclaimed by parents, kids and critics
alike," said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing.
“Skylanders is more than just a new piece of interactive
entertainment, but a genuinely new kind of thinking in
interactive entertainment. The response of the fans has been
incredible, and the only way we can return the favor is with a
sequel like Skylanders Giants. This game is all about big: big
creatures, big worlds, bigger ideas. We’re very excited to see
Skylanders Giants finally hit the shelves.”
Skylanders Giants will leap to Wii U™ day and date with the
launch of Nintendo’s new console on November 18, 2012. In the
Wii U version, the game takes clever advantage of the system’s
motion and touchscreen controls. Meanwhile, Nintendo 3DS owners
will experience a new adventure exclusive to this version. The
storyline features fan-favorites Flynn, Hugo and Cali, and
introduces the villainous Captain Frightbeard.
Skylanders Giants is rated E+10 by the ESRB. The game,
technology, and Wii, Xbox 360, and PlayStation3 platforms were
developed by Activision’s Novato, California studio, Toys for
Bob, led by creative director and studio head Paul Reiche. The
Nintendo 3DS platform was developed by n-Space and the Wii U
platform was developed by Vicarious Visions. For more
information, visit
www.skylanders.com