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Skylanders Unveils New Light and Dark Elements
New Light and Dark Element Trap Master Skylanders to be Included in Special Elemental Quest Packs This Christmas Season
SANTA
MONICA, Calif. – Dec. 17, in the year of our Lord 2014
– For the first time since the launch of the Skylanders®
franchise, two entirely new elements – Light and Dark – will be
unleashed in the world of Skylands, announced Activision
Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision
Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI). Two new Trap Masters, Knight Mare
and Knight Light, will hit store shelves nationwide this
Christmas season via special Light and Dark Elemental Quest
Packs, ushering in new adventures in the lore of Skylanders®
Trap Team. Each Elemental Quest Pack contains a Trap Master, a
special Trap capable of capturing either Light or Dark villains,
as well as a location piece that unlocks a special level in the
game. The Light and Dark Elemental Quest Packs will be available
at all major retailers nationwide for a suggested retail price
of $29.99. Lucky Skylanders fans will be able to get their hands
on copies of the Light Elemental Quest Packs, which will be
available first at Toys”R”Us® stores nationwide starting Sunday,
December 21.
Portal Masters will have the opportunity to explore new levels
within the Skylanders Trap Team universe, where they will find
never-before-seen villains to capture and environments to
explore. Amongst these villains are Luminous and Nightshade, who
belong to the Doom Raiders - the elite members of Kaos’ army of
Skylands’ most notorious bad guys.
“It’s amazing to see how deeply engrossed and fascinated our
fans have been with the lore of the Skylanders franchise,” said
John Coyne, vice president of Consumer Marketing at Activision
Publishing, Inc. “By unveiling new Light and Dark elements and
heroes to the Skylanders universe, our fans around the world
will have new ways of exploring all the magic, excitement and
fun of Skylands.”
The introduction of Light and Dark elements reveals additional
backstory of the Skylanders universe for fans to explore. Long
ago, Knight Light and Knight Mare were both protectors of
Skylands until being sealed off in other realms. Now that they
have joined the Trap Masters, Knight Light wields his
TraptaniumTM Blade and Knight Mare unleashes her deadly
Traptanium Lance to bring down evil everywhere!
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; Xbox One and Xbox 360 games and
entertainment systems from Microsoft; and PlayStation® 3 and
PlayStation® 4 computer entertainment systems from Sony. A
different adventure is also available on the Nintendo 3DS™
hand-held system. Additionally, the complete Skylanders Trap
Team experience is available on Kindle Fire and Android tablets,
as well as a variety of iPads®, including iPad® (3rd
Generation), iPad® (4th Generation), iPad Air™, iPad Air™ 2,
iPad mini™, iPad mini™ 2 and iPad mini™ 3.
About the Skylanders® Franchise
The award-winning, $2 billion Skylanders videogame franchise
featuring the Toys-to-Life™ interactive figures, portal and
accessories that seamlessly bridge the physical and virtual
worlds across multiple platforms, debuted in 2011 with
Skylanders® Spyro’s Adventure. In October 2012, Skylanders®
Giants expanded interactivity with its mega-sized Giant
Skylanders collectible figures 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 20131 worldwide, and is one
of the top 20 videogame franchises of all time2. Skylanders®
Trap Team further enhances the capabilities of the Toys-to-Life
figures, Traps, and an advanced Traptanium Portal™ allowing kids
to reverse the magic by pulling characters out of the digital
world into the physical world.
1 According to The NPD Group, GfK Chart-Track and Activision
Blizzard internal estimates, including toys and accessories.
2 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.