Call of Duty®: Black Ops III, Destiny: The
Taken King, Skylanders® SuperChargers and Guitar Hero® Live All
Playable at Show
European Fans to Get First Hands-On with
Call Of Duty: Black Ops III Multiplayer
European Guardians to Get Hands-On with
All-New Powers in Destiny: The Taken King
European Fans Get Ready To Rock - and Sing -
With Guitar Hero Live. Vocals Confirmed, 100 Songs Announced
So Far and New Rock the Block Festival Detailed
Skylanders SuperChargers Debuts Franchise
Firsts -- Online Multiplayer and Racing!
Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of
Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), will showcase a
blockbuster line-up of some of the world’s most anticipated
next-generation gaming releases at Gamescom 2015. With the show
opening to trade and press on Wednesday, August 5 and to consumers
on Thursday, August 6 at the Koelnmesse GmbH Exhibition Centre in
Cologne, Germany, Activision will offer consumers and industry
influencers the opportunity to get hands-on with some of the
biggest titles of the year.
Call of Duty®: Black Ops III, Destiny: The Taken King and
Guitar Hero® Live will all be playable at the SONY Computer
Entertainment Deutschland booth located in Hall 7.1. Skylanders
SuperChargers will be playable in the Nintendo booth located in
Hall 9.1 A10/B10.
Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing Inc., comments:
“Activision has methodically expanded its slate by creating one
breakthrough innovation after another. At Gamescom, we are
showcasing what may be our best slate ever with Call of Duty: Black
Ops 3, Skylanders SuperChargers, Destiny: The Taken King, and
Guitar Hero Live, each introducing significant innovations that
will change the way people play. Four great brands; four amazing
games. It’s a great time to be a gamer.”
Activision’s Gamescom 2015 line-up
includes:
Call of Duty: Black Ops III
Developed by award-winning studio Treyarch, Call of Duty:
Black Ops III redefines how Call of Duty is played.
Call of Duty: Black Ops III is set in the year 2065,
where bio augmentation and cybernetic enhancements have given rise
to a new breed of Black Ops soldier. Through Direct Neural
Interface (DNI) technology, players are now connected to the
intelligence grid and their fellow operatives during battle. This
elite squad consists of men and women who have enhanced their
combat capabilities to fight faster, stronger, and
smarter. Black Ops III also offers the deepest, most
rewarding multiplayer ever offered in Call of Duty®, featuring a
brand new chain-based fluid movement system, Specialist characters
with unique weapons and abilities, Gunsmith weapon customization
tools and a range of new eSports capabilities.
In addition, Treyarch’s signature Zombies mode makes its return
with “Shadows of Evil,” an on-disc experience set in a 1940s film
noir-inspired era that follows four unwitting characters that must
work together to stay alive while a mysterious, shadowy figure
offers them a path to redemption. Call of Duty: Black Ops
III, slated for release on November 6, 2015, is in development
for the PlayStation® 4 system, Xbox One™ and PC and is not yet
rated. For more information, visit: www.callofduty.com,
www.youtube.com/callofduty.
At Gamescom 2015 in Cologne, Germany, eSports will be the focus
of a special Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Global eSports Reveal live
stream. Treyarch developers will be on hand to share some exciting
news and features coming with Call of Duty: Black Ops III. A global
group of competitive players will also be participating in a series
of show matches.
The live stream can be seen at callofduty.com on Wednesday, August 5th at 7pm
CEST (10am PDT, 1pm EDT).
Destiny: The Taken King
From Bungie and Activision comes Destiny: The Taken King,
the first major expansion and by far the largest addition to the
Destiny universe yet. At Gamescom, Bungie and Activision are
pleased to announce that every edition of The Taken King
will include one character boost. The character boost will allow a
player to instantly level up any existing or newly created guardian
to the minimum level required to play The Taken King. Also
being revealed today is the latest trailer for the game called “We
Are Guardians,” which can be viewed here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnTYt_lu4CE.
Destiny: The Taken King will be available on September 15
for the PlayStation®4 system, PlayStation®3 system, Xbox One™ and
Xbox 360™. At launch PlayStation® gamers will also get access to a
host of additional content for The Taken King, including a
Strike, a Crucible map, three sets of gear and an exotic weapon,
exclusive until at least fall 2016. For more information, visit
www.DestinyTheGame.com. For exclusive updates, follow the official
Destiny social channels at www.facebook.com/DestinyTheGame
and @DestinyTheGame on Twitter, and interact directly with the
developers at www.Bungie.net.
Guitar Hero Live
The pop culture phenomenon that introduced a new way to interact
with music is back with the all-new Guitar Hero Live.
Guitar Hero fans will need to warm-up their vocal chords. At
Gamescom, Guitar Hero Live is confirming singing mode for
local co-operative play, bringing the party back to the living room
like never before. Singing alongside the core guitar-based gameplay
has always been something that defined the Guitar Hero party
experience, and the inclusion of vocals in the game delivers
another way for players to have fun together in Guitar Hero
Live. By plugging in any USB mic, aspiring rock stars will be
able to sing to tracks in GHTV and in Quickplay in GH Live,
complete with a lyrics highway and note track along the top of the
screen. Revealed earlier this week was the latest behind the scenes
video for the game, viewable here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib5BHwm5F3c.
Across both game modes, Guitar Hero Live will give
players access to more tracks than ever before in a previous Guitar
Hero title. Joining the line-up of songs announced thus far,
bringing the total to 100, are the following:
- Megadeth – Hangar 18
- In Flames – Deliver Us
- Boston – More Than a Feeling
- You Me At Six – Lived a Lie
- Blink-182 – The Rock Show
- Rush - Limelight
- Kasabian – Club Foot
- Dream Theater – The Looking Glass
- Royal Blood – Come on Over
- Charlie XCX – Famous
- Passion Pit – Take a Walk
- Panic! At the Disco – Girls Girls
Boys
- James Bay – Hold Back The River
- Echosmith – Cool Kids
- MGMT – Time to Pretend
- Kings of Leon – Sex on Fire
Also at Gamescom, Guitar Hero Live is unveiling Rock the
Block, the second music festival in GH Live. GH Live is the first
person, live-action mode that puts you on stage as the lead
guitarist. Rock the Block is set in the US and takes place in the
heart of an imagined city landscape in the game. With its origins
in a number of smaller festivals that used to take place in and
around Boulder City, Rock the Block is a spontaneously evolving
event that encourages attendees and passers-by to be drawn into the
festival experience. Rock the Block joins SoundDial, the previously
announced UK-based festival, as the two fictional settings a player
will visit in Guitar Hero Live. Within the two festivals,
fans will play a variety of stages, ranging from small club stages,
to headlining massive, open air mainstages.
Guitar Hero Live will be available October 20, 2015 in
North America and on October 23 in Europe for the PlayStation®4
system, PlayStation®3 system, Xbox One™, Xbox 360™, Nintendo's Wii
U™ system and select mobile devices to be announced soon. For more
information about Guitar Hero Live, please visit
http://www.guitarhero.com, www.youtube.com/guitarhero or follow
@guitarhero on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
Skylanders SuperChargers
Rev your engines! Skylanders®, the #1 kids’ console franchise
worldwide¹, is taking to Land, Sea and Air with the high-octane,
action-adventure videogame Skylanders SuperChargers this
fall.
Skylanders SuperChargers will debut at Gamescom two
Skylanders franchise firsts -- racing and online multiplayer
gameplay on console. Whether fans prefer co-operative play in
Adventure Mode or competitive multiplayer with up to four friends
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. Skylanders SuperChargers delivers more ways to
play than ever before:
- Single-player Adventure Mode
- Online and local co-op Adventure
Mode
- Local 2-player head-to-head racing in
split screen
- Online competitive racing with up to 4
players
Fans can augment their Skylanders SuperChargers
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 enjoy
competitive multiplayer via local play or online with up to four
players.
Skylanders is packing some major star power with two of
Nintendo's most iconic characters -- Donkey Kong and Bowser -- as
guest stars in Skylanders SuperChargers. Donkey Kong
and his Land vehicle, Barrel Blaster are available with the
Skylanders SuperChargers Starter Packs for Wii U, while
Bowser™ and his Sky vehicle, Clown Cruiser come with the
Skylanders SuperChargers Racing Starter Packs for Wii and
Nintendo 3DS. The Supercharged characters are not only playable in
Skylanders SuperChargers Racing, but also work in
Skylanders SuperChargers on the Wii U™ system and as amiibo
in compatible Nintendo games. Gamescom attendees will be able to
get their hands on Donkey Kong and Bowser in Skylanders
SuperChargers for Wii U in the Nintendo booth, Hall 9.1
A10/B1.
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®².
Skylanders SuperChargers Racing will be available on
September 25 in Europe and September 20 in North America for Wii™
and Nintendo 3DS. For more information, visit: www.skylanders.com,
www.youtube.com/skylandersgame or follow @SkylandersGame on Twitter
and Facebook or @SkylandersTheGame on Instagram.
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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Activision Publishing’s expectations, plans, intentions or
strategies regarding the future, including statements about the
launch date and expected features of Call of Duty: Black Ops III,
Destiny: The Taken King, Skylanders SuperChargers, Skylanders
SuperChargers Racing and Guitar Hero Live 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
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¹ Based on revenue from January – June, 2015, according to the
NPD Group, GfK Chart-track, and Activision Blizzard internal
estimates, including toys and accessories.
²Available on select tablet devices.
Destiny game, Expansions I & II required to play, all
included in the Legendary and Collector’s editions of The Taken
King.
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