Topping Gift Lists will be Skylanders
Seasonal Character Missile-Tow Dive-Clops, Sky Racing Pack and
Eon’s Elite Toys
Eruptor Balloon Takes to the Sky in Macy’s
Thanksgiving Day Parade®
Skylands is abuzz with the holiday spirit and ready to
supercharge kids’ holiday wish lists with special toys, a new
Skylanders® SuperChargers Racing Action Pack, Skylanders
merchandise, Black Friday deals and more. To kick-start the season,
Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of
Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), is offering a special
holiday Skylanders® SuperChargers character Missile-Tow
Dive-Clops. The fun-loving character is a heavily armored deep
sea explorer with an eye out for evil who slows enemies with
candy-coated missiles. Missile-Tow Dive-Clops is available in
Europe in late November, and in the United States and Canada on
December 2, first at GameStop and EB Games, respectively.
This Smart News Release features multimedia.
View the full release here:
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151118005466/en/
Missile-Tow Dive-Clops, this year’s
special holiday-themed Skylander SuperCharger toy, has an eye out
for evil and ready to slow enemies with his candy-coated missiles.
The fun-loving character will be on store shelves in the U.S. on
December 2, first at GameStop. (Photo: Business Wire)
Also available for the holiday season at Toys”R”Us® stores
nationwide and online at www.Toysrus.com is the premium toy line
Eon’s Elite, including fan-favorite characters Slam Bam,
Zook and Voodood, as well as a new set of heroes -- Ghost Roaster,
Boomer and Dino-Rang -- available first at Toys“R”Us beginning on
November 29 ($19.99 MSRP).
Fans also can get their hands on the second Skylanders
SuperChargers Racing Action Pack, now for Sky terrains
($34.99 MSRP). The Sky Racing Action Pack takes Skylanders racing
to new heights featuring Astro Blast and Sun Runner, as well as a
Sky trophy which unlocks new tracks and modes. Astro Blast, the
adventurous space cowboy, is SuperCharged and ready to take on the
bad guys in his Sun Runner spaceship, fully equipped with
anti-gravity and speedy capabilities.
Certain to be a top gift this season, Skylanders
SuperChargers has been named to the Toys“R”Us 2015 Hot Holiday
Toy List, the Amazon Holiday Toy List and Toy Insider’s Hot 20
Holiday Toys List. Fans won’t want to miss out on special Black
Friday deals on Skylanders SuperChargers Starter Packs,
offered at $39.99 MSRP at participating retailers.
“Every year, the Skylanders franchise has produced innovative
products that our customers love, including this year’s newest
addition, Skylanders SuperChargers,” said Richard Barry,
Executive Vice President, Global Chief Merchandising Officer,
Toys“R”Us, Inc. “We are pleased to offer fans the broadest
assortment of Skylanders merchandise this holiday season, to ensure
they find the perfect present to put under the Christmas tree.”
Nothing says holidays like the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day
Parade! Skylanders’ very own Eruptor is taking flight in the
iconic parade this Thanksgiving. With his 25-foot smile, Eruptor
will soar above the streets of New York City for the landmark
holiday event for his second year in a row, cementing Skylanders as
a true pop-culture phenomenon.
Portal Masters this holiday season can also enjoy an array of
Skylanders merchandise to enhance their game
experiences, including: fully revved up Skylanders SuperCharged RC
Cars by NKOK; Skylanders Garage Storage Cases and Playsets by Power
A; Skylanders holiday-inspired cozy pajamas by AME and Mad Dog
Concepts; Skylanders hats and gloves set by ABG Accessories;
Skylanders-themed Crayola Color Alive coloring books; Skylanders
comic books by IDW Publishing, and more.
Skylanders SuperChargers expands upon the franchise’s
signature gameplay to introduce vehicles-to-life, an entirely new
way for fans to experience the magic of Skylands. The game offers a
rich story-driven gameplay experience filled with vehicle-based and
on-foot adventures, combat, puzzles, mini games, activities and
platforming, set within a variety of all-new compelling
environments. Skylanders SuperChargers is forward compatible
with all 300+ unique toys from all previous games – Skylanders®
Trap Team, Skylanders® SWAP Force™, Skylanders® Giants and
Skylanders® Spyro’s Adventure.
Skylanders SuperChargers is available for the
PlayStation® 3 and PlayStation® 4 computer entertainment systems,
Xbox 360™ and Xbox One™ video game and entertainment systems
from Microsoft ($74.99 MSRP). The game includes two of
Nintendo’s iconic characters reimagined as Skylanders -- Turbo
Charge Donkey Kong and Hammer Slam Bowser -- available exclusively
in Skylanders SuperChargers Starter Packs for the Wii U
system ($74.99 MSRP), and in Skylanders® SuperChargers
Racing Starter Packs for the Wii system ($74.99 MSRP) and the
Nintendo 3DS family of systems ($64.99 MSRP).
The full Skylanders SuperChargers game is also available
for compatible iPad, iPhone, iPod touch and the new Apple TV
($74.99 MSRP), offering fans even more value with a new save
feature using iCloud which provides seamless continuity between
multiple Apple devices.
For more information please visit https://www.skylanders.com/ or
follow us on Instagram @SkylanderstheGame, Twitter @SkylandersGame
and Facebook.com/SkylandersGame. Assets for Skylanders
SuperChargers are available at http://press.activision.com.
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 globally2. Skylanders
SuperChargers launched on September 20, 2015 and expands upon the
franchise’s signature gameplay to introduce vehicles-to-life.
About Activision
Publishing
Headquartered in Santa Monica, Calif., Activision
Publishing, Inc. is a leading global producer and publisher of
interactive entertainment. Activision maintains operations
throughout the world and is a division of Activision
Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI), an S&P 500 company. 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
Skylanders SuperChargers and the aforementioned products, 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.
© 2015 Activision Publishing, Inc., SKYLANDERS, SKYLANDERS
SUPERCHARGERS, SKYLANDERS TRAP TEAM, SKYLANDERS SWAP FORCE, SWAP
FORCE, SKYLANDERS GIANTS, SKYLANDERS SPYRO’S ADVENTURE, LIGHTCORE
and ACTIVISION are trademarks of Activision Publishing, Inc.
1 According to The NPD Group, GfK Chart-Track, Activision
Blizzard internal estimates, including toys and accessories, based
on retail sales in North America and Europe. All time through Sept.
2015 since NPD and GfK Chart-Track began recording data2 The NPD
Group, GfK Chart-Track, Activision Blizzard internal estimates,
including toys and accessories
View source
version on businesswire.com: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151118005466/en/
PMK•BNCMichele Wyman,
310-854-3264michele.wyman@pmkbnc.comorActivision Publishing,
Inc.Dior Brown, 424-744-5864dior.brown@activision.com
Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI)
Historical Stock Chart
From Mar 2024 to Apr 2024
Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI)
Historical Stock Chart
From Apr 2023 to Apr 2024