Tag Archives: Skylanders
Sun, Feb 10, 2013 | 16:36 GMT
Skylanders franchise surpasses $500 million in revenue, over 100 million toys sold
Activision announced during its Toy Fair 2013 press conference that the Skylanders franchise has surpassed $500 million in revenue, and over 100 million toys have been sold. The sell-through is the fastest such a milestone has been reached by kid’s games, including WWE and Star Wars. During the Toy Fair, Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg revealed that Skylanders Giants sold over $195 million in the US since its holiday release. He also introduced Skylanders: Swap Force, which was announced earlier this week. You can watch the presentation of the later below.
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Posted in: 3DS, 3DS XL, Activision Blizzard, Adventure, Development, PS3, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360
Tags: Eric Hirshberg, Skylanders, Skylanders Giants, Skylanders Swap Force, Toy Fair 2013
Wed, Jan 16, 2013 | 16:11 GMT
Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two only sold 270k copies in the US
Disney’s Epic Mickey 2: The Power Two only sold 270,000 units in the US by the end of 2012, according to a new report from The LA Times. Across a similar length of time in 2010, the original game shifted 1.3 million copies.
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Posted in: PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tags: activision, Disney, Disney Infinity, Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, Skylanders
Wed, Jan 16, 2013 | 00:04 GMT
Disney Infinity vs Skylanders: Activision “flattered” by new rival
Disney Infinity has a lot of parallels with Skylanders, Activision’s goldmine “toys to life” debut, but the publisher doesn’t seem too worried about its new competitor.
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Posted in: Action, Activision Blizzard, Disney, peripherals
Tags: Disney Infinity, Skylanders
Sun, Jan 06, 2013 | 23:52 GMT
Crash Bandicoot redesign spotted at Vicarious Visions
Crash Bandicoot has been spotted lurking in the background of a photo taken at Skylanders developer Vicarious Visions.
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Posted in: Platform holders
Tags: Crash Bandicoot, Skylanders, Vicarious Visions
Thu, Nov 01, 2012 | 13:38 GMT
Skylanders concession stores opened in UK
Activision has unveiled special concessions that will exclusively sell Skylanders-themed material in three HMV stores.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Platformer, UK
Tags: Activision Blizzard, concession, hmv, Skylanders, stores
Fri, Aug 31, 2012 | 09:19 BST
Call of Duty & WoW dips cause Activision Q2 financials to drop
Activision Blizzard has posted its Q2 financials, showing a drop-off in Call of Duty sales and World of Warcraft subscription revenue. However, Diablo 3 and Skylanders have rocketed to the top of the publisher’s financial list.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Shooter, activision financials
Tags: call of duty, diablo 3, Skylanders, world of warcraft
Tue, Aug 14, 2012 | 05:31 BST
Call of Duty growth strategies to be applied to Skylanders
Activision is backing Skylanders as a franchise equally as lucrative as Call of Duty, and will use a similar approach to grow the kid-friendly property.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Platformer
Tags: call of duty, Michael Sportouch, Skylanders, Skylanders Giants
Fri, May 11, 2012 | 09:33 BST
NPD April: Prototype 2 on top, sales plummet 42%
NPD has released its report for April 2012 retail sales in the US, outlining one of the sharpest declines in industry sales in recent years.
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Posted in: America, Charts, Financials, Microsoft, Nintendo, Retail, Sony
Tags: anita frazier, Kinect Star Wars, npd, Prototype 2, Skylanders
Thu, Apr 05, 2012 | 01:57 BST
Report – Gamestop trialling Skylanders toy trade-ins
Some Gamestop outlets are reportedly accepting trade-ins on used Skylanders toys.
Tue, Mar 13, 2012 | 03:10 GMT
Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure was planned as a grimdark reboot
Prior to adopting its highly successful, kid-friendly toy range approach, the reboot of Spyro the Dragon was going to be an edgy, grown up affair.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Adventure, PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: Alex Ness, Skylanders, Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure, spyro the dragon, Spyro's Adventure, Toys for Bob
Thu, Mar 01, 2012 | 22:21 GMT
Activision Blizzard boosts profits for Vivendi
Vivendi has revealed a year-over-year profit increase thanks to Activision-Blizzard’s “exceptional profitability” with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and the publisher’s 2011 financial performance.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Financials, Retail, Trade
Tags: call of duty, Skylanders, vivendi
Tue, Jan 24, 2012 | 12:30 GMT
Giant news for Skylander lovers lands with domain registrations
Internet sleuths have uncovered what may be clues to the next Skylanders game.
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Posted in: Action, Activision Blizzard, Adventure, Platform holders
Tags: domain registration, MarkMonitor, Skylanders
Thu, Oct 13, 2011 | 02:37 BST
Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventures launch trailer is toytastic
The final trailer for Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventures evokes the nostalgia of Saturday morning cartoon marathons.
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Posted in: 3DS, Activision Blizzard, PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: Skylanders, Skylanders Spyro's Adventure, Spyro's Adventures, Toys for Bob
Thu, Oct 13, 2011 | 02:26 BST
Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure only video game on Toys R Us Holiday Hot Toy List
Toys “R” Us has released its annual Holiday Hot Toy List for 2011, and out of the 36 items that will the most popular this season and have parents getting in fist fights over, the only video game to make the list was Activision’s Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure.
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Posted in: Action, Activision Blizzard, Adventure, Mac, PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: Skylanders, Skylanders Spyro's Adventure, Spyro’s Adventure
Fri, Aug 19, 2011 | 22:16 BST
Friday Shorts II: Gears 3 gold, iPad 3, W8, more post-it wars, Spyro shots
It’s time for a second round of shorts to get the weekend started. Some of you have already started the weekend. Just don’t pass out, or you could get pranked.
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Posted in: Shorts, VG247
Tags: diablo III, Football Manager, Freebird Games, Gears of War 3, moonlight online, opad 3, post-it art, rod Fergusson, salem, Skylanders, Skylanders Spyro's Adventure, sports illustrated, spyro, Spyro's Adventure, Transformers Universe MMO, ultimate marvel vs capcom 3, us ps movie store updates, windows 8
Thu, Dec 08, 2011 | 04:30 GMT
Thursday Shorts II: Spyro, MotorStorm, Iran 1979, WoW, Total Recall, Witcher 2
Time for some more shorts to get you ready for Friday. Just think: when you wake up tomorrow, your work week will be almost over. Isn’t that grand?
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Posted in: Shorts, VG247
Tags: 1979: The Game, 24 carat Games, Asterix, class action suit, cosplay, Iran 1979, Kalypso Anniversary Sale, Men in Black 3, Motorstorm Apocalypse, Navid Khonsari, Planet Michael, resistance 3, Retro/Grade, sales, Skylanders, Skylanders Spyro's Adventure, spyro, steam sale, Supremacy MMA, the witcher, the witcher 2: assassins of kings, Total Recall (2012), uncharted 3, virtual worlds, War of the Worlds, Waterworld, world of tanks, World of Tanks patch 6.6, world of warcraft, wow
Fri, Feb 11, 2011 | 16:29 GMT
Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure announced by Activision
Activision has announced Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure for the toy and game industries. This the is unannounced game mentioned during the financial call earlier in the week.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Adventure
Tags: Skylanders, Skylanders Spyro's Adventure, Spyro's Adventure, toys
GungHo president feels Japanese developers “need to go back to basics”