Activision Brings Strongest Ever Line-up to Gamescom 2015
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!
Call of Duty®: Black Ops III, Destiny: The Taken King and
Guitar Hero® Live will all be playable at the
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
At Gamescom 2015 in
The live stream can be seen at callofduty.com
on
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
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
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Boston - More Than a Feeling - You Me At Six - Lived a Lie
- Blink-182 - The Rock Show
- Rush - Limelight
- Kasabian - Club Foot
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Dream Theater - The Looking Glass - Royal Blood - Come on Over
- Charlie XCX - Famous
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Passion Pit - Take a Walk - Panic! At the Disco - Girls Girls Boys
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James Bay - Hold BackThe 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
Guitar Hero Live will be available
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 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 will be available on
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¹ Based on revenue from January - June, 2015, according to the
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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