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Skylanders Announces Eons Elite For This Fall
SANTA MONICA, Calif. –
July 25, in the year of our Lord 2014 - Today at San
Diego Comic-Con, Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) announced
plans to bring “Eon’s Elite,” a new set of premium toys, to
Skylanders® fans worldwide this fall. The limited edition Eon’s
Elite will introduce eight must-have collectible versions of
fan-favorite Skylanders characters, beginning with Spyro and
Chop Chop.
The heroes in the “Eon’s Elite” roster hail from the original
Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure® and have been carefully selected
by Master Eon for displaying undaunted courage and commitment to
defending all of Skylands. Eon’s Elite features a
never-before-seen decoration with a distinct, metallic finish
and a golden base that sets them apart from other Skylanders
toys. Each of these special edition toys will be offered in
premium foil packaging and also features a display case with a
3D lenticular background. Additionally, when played in-game,
Eon’s Elite will be up to three times as powerful over other
characters, which represents the biggest in-game boosts ever
incorporated into a Skylanders toy to date.
“Eon’s Elite represents the most iconic characters from the
original Skylanders game that started it all,” said Josh Taub,
senior vice president of product marketing at Activision
Publishing. “These eight toys are not only premium quality but
also honor the characters’ strength, courage and commitment.
We’re excited to extend our fans’ collections with this new
line.”
Eon’s Elite characters will be available in limited quantities
at GameStop and EB Games stores in North America, Australia and
New Zealand, and select retailers in Europe this fall while
supplies last.
About Skylanders Trap Team™
Launching in October, 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 for the first time. With
Skylanders Trap Team, Portal Masters seek out and defeat the
most wanted villains in all of Skylands, pulling them out of the
game and into living rooms by capturing them in magical Traps.
Players can then send villains back into the game where they
play as them to fight for good. The game will include the
Traptanium PortalTM, a new ring of magical energy that enables
kids to not only bring their Skylanders to life, but also
magically capture villains using the new Traps. Once they’ve
defeated the villains, kids will be able to place a Trap into
the new portal to capture them. They will also be able to hear
the villains inside the Traps, an innovation that truly brings
life to toys. Skylanders Trap Team will be available on Xbox
360™ and Xbox One™ video game and entertainment systems from
Microsoft, PlayStation® 3 and PlayStation® 4 computer
entertainment systems, Nintendo’s Wii™ system, Nintendo’s Wii U™
system, and a completely unique adventure 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 ForceTM 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.