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Platform Wii, PS3, 360, 3DS, Wii U Publisher Activision Developer Toys for Bob Release Date 10/21/2012

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Skylanders Giants review: big country

By Arthur Gies on Oct 26, 2012 10.26.12

Skylanders Giants takes place in Skylands, where the formerly-banished mini-conqueror Kaos has latched on to a new plan to rule the world — to find dormant robot conquerors the Arkeyans and make their power his. It’s the Skylanders job to stop him, along with whatever help and friends they can find along the way. Playing Skylanders Giants tends toward the simple, but it never feels dumb. Some characters are melee focused, and others rely on projectiles, but they all do it from an overhead perspective that emphasizes exploration over tricky platforming. There are block puzzles and jump-pads though, for an action/sort-of-platformer feel. Everything in Skylanders is designed around the figures themselves. Like its predecessor, Skylanders Giants uses a "Portal of Power"...

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Activision posts 'better-than-expected' Q1 2013 earnings, but is cautious about rest of year

By Samit Sarkar on May 08, 2013 05.08.13

Activision reported "better-than-expected" financial results for the first quarter of 2013 today, but according to CEO Bobby Kotick, the company expects to encounter a more challenging back half of the year. The publisher brought in net revenues of $1.32 billion during the quarter that ended March 31, a 13 percent improvement over the same period in 2012 and 14.1 percent ahead of the company's projections. Activision also showed a marked year-over-year jump in net income from $384 million to $456 million, a 13.75 percent increase. Activision's earnings were buoyed by the impressive sales performance of StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm, which was the top-selling Windows PC game in North America and Europe even though it launched with three weeks left in the quarter. In addition, Diablo...

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Skylanders Cloud Patrol update adds Skylanders Giants characters

By Samit Sarkar on Feb 07, 2013 02.07.13

Skylanders Cloud Patrol, one of three Skylanders mobile games, was updated today to add characters from Skylanders Giants, Activision community manager Dan Amrich announced today. Players who have figures of Giant Skylanders can import them directly into Cloud Patrol if they have the Bluetooth-enabled Portal of Power that came with Skylanders Battlegrounds on iOS. Otherwise, they can enter the code that came with the toy to unlock that character, or pay for it with in-game currency. Today's v1.7 update from developer Vicarious Visions also brings in some regular Skylanders that weren't previously available in Cloud Patrol, including Thumpback, Eye-Brawl and Hot Dog. Skylanders Giants originally launched last October, while Cloud Patrol was released in April.

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Skylanders reaches over 100 million toys sold

By Emily Gera on Feb 07, 2013 02.07.13

Activision's Skylanders franchise has already reached over 100 million toys sold,, it was announced during Activision's Toy Fair 2013 press conference. The popular franchise hit over $500 million in total revenue sales on top of this, based on the video game and collectible toy collection. Skylanders Giants, the sequel to Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, made over $195 million in the U.S alone. The next installment in the Skylanders series, Skylanders Swap Force is scheduled to hit this fall, featuring a new line of figures both outside and in the game. The toys, which are made up of two halves and split at the waist, are user-swappable characters that can be customized to allow players more choice. The ability to swap out halves of all the 16 characters that will be made available at...

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Skylanders Giants figure Ninjini being given away Feb. 5 at Times Square Toys R Us

By Samit Sarkar on Feb 01, 2013 02.01.13

Ninjini, a yet-to-be-released figure in the Skylanders Giants line, will be given away by Activision and Toys R Us on Feb. 5 at the toy retailer's flagship store in Times Square, Activision announced today. According to Activision, a limited number of the figures will be available. The giveaway will begin at 4 p.m. ET, and the company expects interested parties will line up in advance for a shot at the magical ninja. Activision has yet to announce a public release date for Ninjini, only saying that her figure will be available sometime in 2013. The Toys R Us in Times Square will also offer deals on Skylanders figures that day. Skylanders Giants starter packs will be discounted by $25 (regularly $74.99), and Giant figures will be available in a buy two, get one free deal. Special...

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Skylanders: Giants introduces two new titans, Eye-brawl and Thumpback

By Alexa Ray Corriea on Jan 23, 2013 01.23.13

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Skylanders Giants Scorpion Striker Battle Pack available early at GameStop

By Megan Farokhmanesh on Jan 14, 2013 01.14.13

The Skylanders Giants Scorpion Striker Battle Pack is available now at GameStop, a month earlier than other retailers, according to a recent press release. In addition to the Hot Dog and Series 2 Zap characters, the pack also includes three trading cards, stickers and an in-game catapult. Additionally, buyers who pick up Skylanders Giants goods totaling $29.99 or more will get one of four free sidekick characters. The promotion will last from Jan. 16 until Jan. 31. Skylanders Giants Scorpion Striker Battle Pack is available for $24.99.

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Skylanders franchise is a half a billion dollar industry in the US alone

By Alexa Ray Corriea on Jan 11, 2013 01.11.13

The Skylanders line of toys and video games has netted over $500 million to date in sales at retail in the U.S., according to Activision. According to NPD data collected between January and November 2012, figures produced for both last fall's Skylanders: Giants and the original Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure released in Oct. 2011 have outsold some of the country's top action figure toy lines, including Beyblades, Star Wars and WWE. The Skylanders: Giants video game along with its figures and accessory packs netted more than $195 million in sales in the U.S. in 2012. According to NPD data, Skylanders: Giants also topped box office sales for the top children's films during the 2012 holiday season. These include Wreck-It Ralph, with a total gross of just over $178 million, and Rise of the...

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Skylanders: Lost Islands available now for iOS

By Megan Farokhmanesh on Nov 10, 2012 11.10.12

Skylanders: Lost Islands, Activision's free-to-play build-‘em-up game based on the Skylanders series, is now available as a free app in the iTunes App Store. In Lost Islands, players build and customize villages in the world of Mabu. The iPhone, iPod touch and iPad app fully support Skylanders action figures; players can unlock up to 35 new characters through physical figurine codes. Depleted resources can be quickly regained through in-game micro-transactions. Skylanders: Lost Islands is the latest series installment to drop, following the release of Skylanders: Giants in October. Another iOS title, an action role-playing game called Skylanders: Battlegrounds is expected to release soon as well. The series is known for creating physical toys that can then be ported into gameplay;...

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GameStop Kids pop-up stores coming this holiday season

By Samit Sarkar on Oct 26, 2012 10.26.12

GameStop Kids pop-up stores will be installed around the country for holiday shopping guidance, GameStop announced today. The stores are designed to help parents pick video games and toys for their children, by collecting some of the most popular kid-friendly brands in one place. GameStop Kids locations will feature merchandise for properties such as Star Wars and Lego, and games like Skylanders, Angry Birds and Minecraft. Items include a Minecraft Creeper head ($19.99) and a 5-inch Angry Birds Star Wars plush ($14.99). The first GameStop Kids store opens today at the Grapevine Mills Mall in Grapevine, Texas, the home of GameStop's headquarters, and the company will open approximately 80 locations in total across 28 states. Look here to see if one will be available near you. If not,...

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Skylanders action figure compatibility explained with a chart

By Dave Tach on Oct 24, 2012 10.24.12

Although Skylanders: Giants is compatible with all of the figures from Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, the same isn't true for all of the new figures working with the old game, according to a chart on the official Skylanders website. Giants, Battle Packs, New Core and Re-Posed characters are incompatible with Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, as seen in the chart below. According to One of Swords, although some of the LightCore characters work with Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, players will have to hook them up to Skylanders: Giants to gets the benefit of the latter game's new blast attack. Each Skylanders: Giants toy also includes a "Works With" label explaining its compatibility.

Skylanders Giants Releases
North America
  • Wii
    • Released 10/21/2012
    • Publisher Activision
    • Developer Toys for Bob
    • Score 8
  • PlayStation 3
    • Released 10/21/2012
    • Publisher Activision
    • Developer Toys for Bob
    • Score 8
  • Xbox 360
    • Released 10/21/2012
    • Publisher Activision
    • Developer Toys for Bob
    • Score 8
  • Nintendo 3DS
    • Released 10/21/2012
    • Publisher Activision
    • Developer Toys for Bob
  • Wii U
    • Released 11/18/2012
    • Publisher Activision
    • Developer Toys for Bob
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