Trio of Original Crash Bandicoot Games also
to be Remastered in 2017
Starting Today, Fans can Pre-order
Skylanders Imaginators Starter Pack Featuring Crash Bandicoot at
Select Retailers Worldwide!
Celebrating his 20-year anniversary, Crash Bandicoot returns in
2016 as Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of
Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), features the pop-culture
videogame icon as a guest star in Skylanders® Imaginators.
Revealed during the Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLC.,
(SIEA) E3 Press Conference, Crash Bandicoot maintains his unique
and quirky personality both as a fully playable Skylander Sensei
character and brand new toy in Skylanders Imaginators.
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The Skylanders Imaginators Starter Pack
Featuring Crash Bandicoot will be available exclusively for
PlayStation® 4 and PlayStation® 3 at launch on Oct. 16 in North
America, Oct. 14 in Europe and Oct. 13 in APAC. Fans can pre-order
the Starter Pack starting today! (Photo: Business Wire)
At the press conference, it was also announced that Activision
is bringing back Crash Bandicoot in fully remastered versions of
the first three Crash games -- Crash Bandicoot®; Crash
Bandicoot® 2: Cortex Strikes Back; and Crash Bandicoot®: Warped for
PlayStation®4 -- planned for a 2017 release.
“For years, we’ve been asked when is Crash returning, and today
that question has been answered. Activision is proud to celebrate
the iconic character’s 20-year anniversary by bringing him back in
ways that will appeal to hardcore fans as well as introduce him to
a new generation of gamers,” said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision
Publishing, Inc. “We can’t wait for gamers to see Crash bring his
unique style and quirky personality to the epic battle against Kaos
in Skylanders Imaginators. And next year, we’ll expand on
the Crash experience for players with remastered versions of three
classic games.”
Activision is paying homage to the beloved ’90s videogame star
in fun new ways with Skylanders Imaginators. No Crash game
would be complete without the ability to jump on TNT Crates to blow
them up or collect the Bazooka Crate to get a rocket launcher. From
his edginess to his trademark wackiness, Crash is featured with a
full move set and upgrade path based around his signature spin
attack, as well as callbacks to his beloved past, including moves
that incorporate exploding crates with 3-2-1 countdowns, wumpa
fruit, jetpack attack from high in the air and more.
Crash in Skylanders Imaginators will merge elements fans
have come to know and love with Skylanders Imaginators’
newest class of characters: Senseis. In Skylanders
Imaginators, every Sensei has a devastating Sky-Chi attack --
their most powerful move. Crash’s Sky-Chi attack is the ability to
use a yo-yo to yank his enemies into a spin attack!
Famed voice actor Jess Harnell reprises his role as Crash,
further ensuring Skylanders Imaginators stays true to the
Crash Bandicoot that fans have come to know and love. And that’s
just beginning of the attention to detail in Skylanders
Imaginators!
Skylanders® Imaginators empowers fans to unleash their
imaginations by giving them the freedom to create their own
Skylander. Portal Masters will enjoy the immense possibilities
available in the game -- including appearance, powers, abilities,
names, catchphrases, musical themes and much more -- to create the
wildest Skylanders imaginable.
With the evil Kaos on a quest to take over Skylands using an
unstoppable army of Doomlanders, it’s up to Portal Masters
everywhere to use the power of imagination to create their own
Skylanders – known as Imaginators – in order to defeat Kaos.
Fighting alongside the Imaginators are the Senseis, powerful mystic
warriors who are masters of ancient battle techniques.
In Skylanders Imaginators, a wormhole has opened in
Skylands and the great Aku Aku appears! He comes to announce the
once in two decades Synchronization Celebration. It is the time
when all of the worlds align perfectly. They are having a huge
celebration event in the Wumpa Islands and want to invite the
Skylanders. But with Kaos on a quest to take over Skylands
using his army of Doomlanders, the Skylanders must focus on
stopping his evil plans. Never one to shy away from danger, the
legendary marsupial Crash Bandicoot travels through the wormhole to
join the Skylanders in the ultimate battle against Kaos!
Developed by Toys For Bob, Skylanders Imaginators
supports all 300+ Skylanders from previous games and will launch on
October 16, 2016 in North America. The Skylanders
Imaginators Starter Pack Featuring Crash Bandicoot will
be available exclusively for PlayStation® 4 and PlayStation® 3 at
launch. The Crash toy will be playable across platforms.
Fans can pre-order Skylanders Imaginators Starter
Pack Featuring Crash Bandicoot now at select retail
destinations for the suggested retail price of $99.99 in North
America. The Skylanders Imaginators Crash edition includes
Crash Bandicoot as a playable toy, standard Starter Pack
characters, a Creation Crystal, Portal of Power®, the full AAA game
and more.
About the
Skylanders®
Franchise
The award-winning, $3 billion Skylanders® franchise has sold
through more than 250 million toys1 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 globally1. Skylanders®
SuperChargers launched on September 20, 2015 and expanded upon the
franchise’s signature gameplay to introduce vehicles-to-life for
the first time.
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
features, functionality and release dates of Skylanders
Imaginators, 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.
©2016 Activision Publishing, Inc., SKYLANDERS, SKYLANDERS
IMAGINATORS, CRASH, CRASH BANDICOOT, SKYLANDERS SUPERCHARGERS,
SKYLANDERS TRAP TEAM, SKYLANDERS SPYRO’S ADVENTURE, SKYLANDERS
GIANTS, SKYLANDERS SWAP FORCE, SWAP FORCE, LIGHTCORE, PORTAL OF
POWER and ACTIVISION are trademarks of Activision Publishing,
Inc.
1The NPD Group, GfK Chart-track, Activision Blizzard internal
estimates, including toys and accessories
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