Portal Masters Rewarded for Showing How They Trap and Play as
Villains in Skylanders® Trap Team Anytime, Anywhere!
SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Portal Masters can show their love for trapping and playing as villains
in Skylanders
Trap Team via the #TrapAndPlaySweeps photo and video sharing
sweepstakes starting today. Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), recently
announced that for the first time a full Skylanders® game is
compatible with the latest iPad®, Kindle Fire and Android tablets, and
now Skylanders Trap Team starter packs are available at
Apple® retail stores nationwide and the Apple Online Store (www.apple.com),
making it easier for fans to experience the magic of Skylands on iPad.
Skylanders Trap Team Starter Pack for iPad (Photo: Business Wire)
To celebrate Portal Masters' ability to play Skylanders Trap Team
anytime, anywhere, Activision, the innovator of the award-winning, $2
billionSkylanders videogame franchise, has launched the
three-week sweepstakes for fans. With the #TrapAndPlaySweeps, players
can show their excitement for Skylanders by tweeting photos or video of
themselves playing Skylanders Trap Team to the official Skylanders
Twitter channel (@SkylandersGame) using #TrapAndPlaySweeps
#Skylanders for the chance to win cool prizes from November 20 through
December 11.
Skylanders Trap Team on tablet delivers the same game
experience with console-quality graphics¹ and comes with its own high
performance controller, delivering yet another significant technological
leap for the Skylanders franchise. In the game,
Portal Masters seek out and defeat the most wanted villains in all of
Skylands, pulling them out of the game and into living rooms by
capturing them in magical Traps. Players can then send villains back
into the game where they play as them to fight for good.
"The arrival of Skylanders Trap Team in Apple retail
stores nationwide and the Apple Online Store marks a momentous milestone
for the Skylanders franchise," said Josh Taub, senior vice
president of Product Management at Activision Publishing, Inc. "We're
thrilled that anyone who gets a new iPad this holiday season will have
the ability to experience the magic of the complete Skylanders game
whenever, wherever they want."
With a 90 Metacritic review score for iPad,
Skylanders Trap Team is compatible with third and fourth
generation iPads -- the iPad mini Retina, the iPad Air and the brand new
iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 -- all offering unmatched portability and
high quality graphics that create an immersive, mobile experience like
no other.
Skylanders Trap Team is playable with more than 175 unique
toys from all previous games - Skylanders®
SWAP Force™, Skylanders® Giants
and Skylanders® Spyro's Adventure.
Every character is able to defeat and trap villains using Traptanium™
Traps, providing fans more ways to enjoy their collections. The game is
available on the following platforms: Nintendo's Wii™ system and
Nintendo's Wii U™ system; a variety of iPads®,
Kindle Fire and Android tablets; Xbox One and Xbox 360 games and
entertainment systems from Microsoft; PlayStation® 3
and PlayStation® 4 computer entertainment systems from
Sony. A different adventure is also available on the Nintendo 3DS™
hand-held system.
A free introduction of Skylanders Trap Team is available
on the App Store for iPad or at www.AppStore.com.
About the Skylanders®
Franchise
The award-winning, $2 billionSkylanders videogame
franchise debuted in 2011 with Skylanders®
Spyro's Adventure, which featured the Toys-to-Life™
interactive figures, portal, and accessories and firmly established the
play pattern that seamlessly bridges the physical and virtual worlds
across multiple platforms. In October 2012, Skylanders®
Giants expanded the gameplay experience with its mega-sized
Giant Skylanders and LightCore® characters.
Skylanders® SWAP Force™
launched in October 2013 and introduced an all-new play
pattern - swapability. Skylanders was the top selling
kids' videogame franchise of 2013² worldwide
and is now one of the top 20 videogame franchises of all time₃.
Skylanders® Trap Team
reverses the magic of its signature play experience --
incredibly letting kids pull characters out of the digital world into
the physical world. For more information, please visit: www.skylanders.com
and Activision.com/presscenter.
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.
© 2014 Activision Publishing, Inc., SKYLANDERS, SKYLANDERS TRAP TEAM,
SKYLANDERS SPYRO'S ADVENTURE, SKYLANDERS GIANTS, SKYLANDERS SWAP FORCE,
TRAPTANIUM, TRAPTANIUM PORTAL, LIGHTCORE, TOYS TO LIFE, and ACTIVISION
are trademarks of Activision Publishing, Inc.
Apple, the Apple logo, and iPad, trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in
the U.S. and other countries. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc.
¹ Graphics quality may vary due to device limitations
²
According to The NPD Group, GfK Chart-Track and Activision
Blizzard internal estimates, including toys and accessories.
₃ According
to The NPD Group, GfK Chart-Track and Activision Blizzard internal
estimates, including toys and accessories. All time since NPD and GfK
Chart-track began recording data.
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Activision Publishing
Dior Brown, 424-744-5864
dior.brown@activision.com
Source: Activision Publishing, Inc.
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