Activision Brings Top Gaming Franchises to Gamescom 2016
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare's Zombies Mode Revealed;
Activision Celebrates with
Guardians to Get First Hands-On with Destiny: Rise of Iron on the Sony Interactive Entertainment Deutschland booth in Hall 7. Bungie and Activision Announce Private Matches, Showcase New PvP Mode Supremacy and Announce Destiny - The Collection
Fans Get Hands-On with Skylanders® Imaginators and the Chance
to Unleash Their Creativity by Creating Their Own Skylanders, in Hall 10.
Kid Creations Will Join Forces with
"Gamescom is a great opportunity to show our fans this year's slate of
games packed full of breakthrough innovations featuring rich, immersive
storytelling," said
Activision's Gamescom slate includes:
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare: Fans in attendance can celebrate the global reveal of the new ‘80s-themed co-operative Call of Duty® mode Zombies in Spaceland. The new mode takes zombies to a fresh era in a thrilling 1980s themepark setting, sure to frighten and delight zombies' fans, in a truly unique experience you have to see to believe. Consumers in attendance will discover more at the Sony Interactive Entertainment Deutschland Booth in Hall 7, via an immersive theatre experience that will bring the Zombies in Spaceland game mode to life with some fun, creative and utterly terrifying surprises.
Fans can learn more about Zombies in Spaceland by tuning in
The Call of Duty fan experience also showcases content from the story campaign in award-winning studio Infinity Ward's newest title. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare breaks new ground in storytelling by exploring the weight of leadership and the responsibilities that come with it in an emotional, character-driven narrative. Players are thrust into wartime leadership as Captain Reyes, a Tier 1 Special Operations soldier, takes the helm of the Retribution, one of Earth's last remaining warships. In a time of unthinkable hardships, Reyes must lead the remnants of coalition forces against a relentless enemy in a war that stretches across our solar system to terrains beyond Earth.
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare introduces new weaponry, unique player abilities and stunning all-new settings to the Call of Duty franchise. In addition to a riveting single player story campaign, and a radical co-operative zombies experience: Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare: Zombies in Spaceland, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare will also unveil a robust multiplayer mode at the upcoming Call of Duty fan celebration, Call of Duty® XP, in September. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare is in development for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare is not yet rated by PEGI.
For more information, visit: www.callofduty.com, www.youtube.com/callofduty or follow @CallofDuty on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
Destiny: Rise of Iron: Activision and Bungie will unveil the first hands-on gameplay from Destiny: Rise of Iron at Gamescom. Rise of Iron is the next highly-anticipated large expansion in the Destiny universe. Guardians must rise to the challenge and join forces with a legend from humanity's past to defeat a plague of unstoppable evil once and for all. Aspiring heroes attending Gamescom will be able to test their PvP skills playing a new competitive multiplayer mode, Supremacy, in Sony Interactive Entertainment Deutschland's booth in Hall 7.
Bungie premiered Destiny's newest 6v6 objective based Crucible mode,
Supremacy, in the studio's first ever external broadcast, streaming
live from
To celebrate the Rise of Iron gameplay premiere at Gamescom,
Bungie and Activision have also partnered with European streamers to
allow fans across the globe to witness the latest PvE content being
played live in
On Monday 15th August, Bungie and Activision also announced
the launch of Destiny - The Collection. Containing every
release from the award-winning first-person adventure franchise to date,
including the new large expansion, Destiny: Rise of Iron, Destiny
- The Collection is the perfect opportunity for new Guardians to
join the fight for humanity's survival. Destiny - The Collection
will launch alongside Rise of Iron on
Destiny: Rise of Iron launches on
Skylanders Imaginators:
Activision and Toys For Bob continue to innovate the toys-to-life category with Skylanders Imaginators, the latest chapter in the Skylanders® story, which empowers players to unleash their creativity by creating their own Skylanders.
Playable in the Family and Friends area in Hall 10, Portal Masters will
be able to harness the power of their own imagination and create their
own
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Kaos :Kaos will be available as a fully-playableSkylander toy for the first time, and will be able to be controlled by Portal Masters as they wield his evil skills for good -
Crash Bandicoot®: Celebrating his 20-year anniversary,
pop-culture videogame icon Crash Bandicoot returns in 2016 in Skylanders
Imaginators. Crash Bandicoot maintains his unique and quirky
personality as a fully-playable Skylander Sensei and toy. 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 ! -
Dr. Neo Cortex: Crash Bandicoot's creator and primary
antagonist, Dr. Neo Cortex makes his debut appearance as part of the Skylanders
Imaginators line up. Fighting alongside the Skylanders as a
powerful mystic warrior, Dr. Neo Cortex puts his dastardly genius to
work with his signature blaster ray, hoverboard and explosive mines to
thwart Kaos' forces. He can even summon the powerful
Uka Uka mask! -
Dr. Krankcase and
Hood Sickle : One-time villains-turned-Senseis characters Dr. Krankcase andHood Sickle are among the latest in this year's toy line-up to be unveiled. They can be seen and played at Gamescom
In
Skylanders® Imaginators will be available on
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