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Stories about: Skylanders |
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Eric Hirshberg, the chief executive officer of the publishing division of Activision, says that his company would love to see the Wii U home console from Nintendo perform better in the marketplace.
The executive states during a call with investors, obtained by Seeking Alpha, that, “we've done well despite... |
11 May 2013
05:25 GMT |
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The coming Pokemon Rumble U video game for the new Nintendo console might introduce a Near Field Communication powered platform and a line of toys that will allow it to compete with the recently introduced Skylanders line from Activision. A report from the Japanese magazine CoroCoro, translated by Serebii, states th... |
14 March 2013
18:03 GMT |
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Disney announces that its coming Infinity of toys and video games has been delayed from its original June launch date to the end of summer, in order to bring it closer to the crucial Christmas shopping season.
John Pleasants, the co-president of Disney, tells Polygon, “We could deliver in June if we wanted to.... |
14 March 2013
08:54 GMT |
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The developers at Disney announce that one of the play sets that will be launched during the summer is built around the Cars movie franchise, with players able to use all the main characters and the locations featured.
The official description reads, “discover Radiator Springs, the little town with the big rac... |
25 February 2013
12:01 GMT |
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Video game publisher Activision says that the upcoming Skylanders: Swap Force video game and real toys line will require players to buy a new, more advanced version of the Portal of Power in order to get their real-world figures into the virtual world.
Eric Hirshberg, the chief executive officer at the company, tell... |
20 February 2013
12:01 GMT |
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Bobby Kotick, the chief executive officer of Activision Blizzard, believes that the Skylanders franchise has a bright future ahead of it in spite of competition from the upcoming Disney Infinity concept.
The executive tells Gamasutra that, “we have a lot of confidence in the franchise for the longterm. I think... |
9 February 2013
05:38 GMT |
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The development team in charge of the Skylanders franchise at publisher Activision announces that two new Giant characters are now added to the franchise, giving players even more toys to collect and new ways to approach their video game adventures.
Thumpback is a water-based Giant who once was a member of the pirat... |
24 January 2013
02:43 GMT |
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Video game publisher Disney is ready to offer more details on the recently announced Infinity toy and virtual world mix, including the prices that players will have to pay in order to get access to the entire experience.
Disney Infinity will use characters from the multimedia company and from movie creator Pixar and... |
16 January 2013
05:12 GMT |
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The success of the Skylanders toys and video game has been big enough to surprise Activision, the company that published it. Noah Kircher-Allen, who is a product specialist working at Activision, has told VideoGamer that, “When you launch any new IP you always hope it’s going to be big.” He added,... |
28 June 2012
12:01 GMT |
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Publisher Activision Blizzard has announced its financial results for its most recent fiscal year and the big announcement has been that the MMO World of Warcraft has stabilized its subscriber number at 10.2 million on March 31.Activision has reported revenue of 1.17 billion dollars (903.7 million Euro) which is a sl... |
10 May 2012
19:41 GMT |
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During its first week on sales, Prototype 2, the action-packed open world video game from developer Radical Entertainment and publisher Activision, has managed to occupy the overall top position in the Nordic video game chart. The title was followed by long-term fan favorite FIFA 12, which got a boost from the new E... |
5 May 2012
03:49 GMT |
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Video game publisher Activision Blizzard has filed a trademark application for a new spin-off for its popular Skylanders franchise, called Sidekick, which will apparently be launched during June.
The company is partnering up with Frito-Lay in order to promote the Sidekick line of toys, with customers able to redeem ... |
25 April 2012
13:21 GMT |
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Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure, the mix between real world collectable toys and virtual experiences from Activision Blizzard, has managed to top the Nordic game chart for the fourteenth week of the year.
FIFA Street, the trick-oriented football game from EA Sports, has taken over second position in the top ten ... |
14 April 2012
03:09 GMT |
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The new Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure, which mixes a video game and actual real world toys, has been very successful since being introduced last year mainly because it is family friendly and targeted a large audience but at one point the franchise was reaching for a darker, mature tone.
Alex Ness, who is a rep... |
14 March 2012
16:11 GMT |
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Ever since its merger with Blizzard, video game publisher Activision has been accused of eliminating any attempt to innovate and of relying on the same core franchises, including Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, in order to generate revenue.
But at least one leading executive working at the company believes that ... |
14 February 2012
16:41 GMT |
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Publishers, like Electronic Arts, have already taken some of their biggest franchises, from Dragon Age and Mass Effect to The Sims, to the Facebook social platform but their main rival, Activision, is not yet ready to jump into the genre although it sees its potential.
Speaking to Gamasutra, Eric Hirshberg, the chie... |
14 February 2012
04:19 GMT |
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Video game publisher Activision Blizzard has announced its set of financial results for the fourth quarter of the current year, showing better than expected revenue and profits for the three-month period that ended on January 31.Activision has announced that it has managed to generate 2.41 billion dollars (1.81 billi... |
10 February 2012
22:11 GMT |
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Video game publisher Activision Blizzard has announced that the Skylanders brand will get its first full expansion during the autumn of the year, using the Giants name that a number of rumors have been suggesting for some time.
The new expansion will introduce eight new legendary Giant characters that are twice as b... |
8 February 2012
12:21 GMT |
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Video game publisher Activision Blizzard has announced that its Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure will be the star attraction at the upcoming International Toy Fair in Nuremberg, Germany, with the company set to make a number of announcements related to the future of the mix between real-world action figures and vir... |
1 February 2012
07:13 GMT |
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Activision has revealed that it’s trying to cope with the huge demand for Skylanders toys, as millions of people are trying to buy extra characters for their game.
Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure has taken the world by storm last year, as its unique premise, of using real world toys to add different charac... |
27 January 2012
03:08 GMT |
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Some very careful examination of domain registrations conducted by Fusbile has uncovered a number of new Internet domains that are probably linked to a new upcoming Skylanders video game, which might bear the name Giants.
MarkMonitor, a brand and domain management service that is known to handle such issues for vide... |
25 January 2012
17:41 GMT |
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Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure might not be the biggest hit of the fall but it has managed solid sales and has proven that publisher Activision can take an older character and create a new way for players to engage with him.Eric Hirshberg, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Activision Publishing, has told Gama... |
8 November 2011
14:41 GMT |
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A panel of experts who are focused on video games that are suited for the whole family has announced a list of 10 titles that have been judged as being the best opportunities for quality time for the Christmas 2011 holiday season.The writers of sites like FamilyFriendlyVideoGames.com, GamerPops.com, GamePeople.co.uk ... |
3 November 2011
17:31 GMT |
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