Activision Made a Special Gameplay Mode for Me, Kaos, in Skylanders Trap Team™!
September 15 2014 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Can You Believe Those Skylanders Losers
Actually Caved in to My Demands?
Attention, foolish human fools! Activision Publishing, Inc., a
wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:
ATVI), is officially announcing an all new diabolical gameplay mode
in honor of me, Emperor Kaos, the most infamously evil villain in
all of Skylands! In my glorious “Kaos Doom Challenge,” sniveling
Portal Masters like you can feebly battle through increasingly
difficult waves of my personal minions using your ridiculous army
of Skylanders.
And since you obviously won’t stand a chance, I, Kaos, will
graciously allow you to build defensive towers and battle my
fearsome allies using any of your Skylanders from your entire
collection. However, when you bumbling Portal Masters utterly fail
to progress past my hordes of evil underlings, the “Mystery Box of
Doom” will be opened - which will then incomprehensibly spit out
gigantic villains that will completely destroy you! And because I
am both benevolent and merciful, I will even let you fools use any
of your pitiful Trapped Villains to fight them.
And, should any of you so-called “journalists” need an official
quote from me – BEHOLD! “A recent evil study of a thousand trolls
revealed that nine out of ten agree that I am the most powerful and
impressive evil doer to have ever conquered Skylands. Naturally, I
had every tenth one banished to my ‘Kaos Doom Challenge’ to test
the effectiveness of my 100 waves of ultimate evil doom - and they
were never heard from again. So let’s just say EVERYONE agrees – I
am the most powerful and impressive evil doer ever.”
And for those of you who absolutely cannot wait for your
horribly inevitable destruction, the Skylanders Trap Team
Starter Pack will be available on a bunch of seemingly random days
in October (October 5th in North America, October 10th in Europe
and October 2nd in Australia to be precise) on the following
exceptionally awesome platforms: Nintendo’s Wii™ system and
Nintendo’s Wii U™ system; a variety of iPad®, Kindle Fire and
Android tablets; Xbox One and Xbox 360 games and entertainment
systems from Microsoft; and the PlayStation®4 system and
PlayStation®3 system. A different, unique adventure also will be
available on the Nintendo 3DS™ hand-held system.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I have a world to conquer. I look
forward to crushing your spirits. With loathing and disgust.
About the
Skylanders®
Franchise
The award-winning, $2 billion Skylanders franchise pioneered the
Toys-to-Life™ category in 2011 with the debut of Skylanders Spyro’s
Adventure®. The game originated a new play pattern that seamlessly
bridged physical and virtual worlds across multiple platforms. In
October 2012, Skylanders Giants™ further evolved the genre and
added the mega-sized Giant Skylanders and LightCore® characters to
the collection of interaction figures. Skylanders SWAP Force™
launched in October 2013 and introduced an all-new play pattern -
swapability. The Skylanders franchise was the top selling kids’
videogame of 20131, and is now one of the top 20 videogame
franchises of all time2. Skylanders Trap Team, the newest
installment due out in North America on October 5, 2014, reverses
the magic of bringing toys to life - 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 worldwide developer, publisher and
distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products.
Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, Brazil,
Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy,
Sweden, Spain, Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, Singapore,
mainland China, Hong Kong and the region of Taiwan. More
information about Activision and its products can be found on the
company’s website, www.activision.com.
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 release date of Skylanders Trap Team™ 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.
© 2014 Activision Publishing, Inc., SKYLANDERS, SKYLANDERS TRAP
TEAM, SKYLANDERS SPYRO’S ADVENTURE, SKYLANDERS GIANTS, SKYLANDERS
SWAP FORCE, 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 According to The NPD Group, GfK Chart-Track and Activision
Blizzard internal estimates, including toys and accessories
² According to The NPD Group and GfK Chart-Track
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Brown, 424-744-5864dior.brown@activision.com
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