SANTA MONICA, Calif.,
Sept. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Get
ready to take to the skies and search for escaped trolls on an
entirely new mobile platform. Activision Publishing, Inc., a
wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq:
ATVI), is now making available its action-packed mobile hit
Skylanders Cloud Patrol™ on the newly-released Kindle
Fire HD, alongside the first-generation Kindle Fire.
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"Including accessory packs and figures, Skylanders Spyro's
Adventure® was the #1 best-selling console and hand-held
game overall in dollars for the first six months of 2012 in the
U.S. and Europe and has quickly
become a phenomenon across all gaming platforms," said John Coyne, consumer marketing vice president at
Activision. "We are thrilled to team up with Amazon to now
bring the franchise to millions of Kindle Fire users."
Exclusive to the version of Skylanders Cloud
Patrol on Kindle Fire, for the first time ever, players
will be able to purchase toys within the Skylanders Cloud
Patrol game app itself with the push of a
button. Leveraging the "always logged in" feature of the
Kindle Fire, buying the physical toy in-app will unlock the digital
character immediately via Amazon's trusted 1-Click Purchasing,
while the physical toy is shipped to the user.
Skylanders Cloud Patrol is a recently-released
mobile gaming experience set in a new region of Skylands that has
been overrun by the evil minions of Portal Master, Kaos. With
all 30-plus Skylanders available to unlock, the game lets players
take command of a magnificent sky-ship and use their favorite
Skylander to dispatch the baddies using touch gestures to
tap-and-shoot or swipe the screen to create amazing combos.
Skylanders Cloud Patrol for Kindle Fire will be
available for download in the Kindle Fire store on the tablet, and
will retail for $0.99 at launch.
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, the United
Kingdom, France,
Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Norway, Denmark, the
Netherlands, Australia,
China and the region of
Taiwan. More information about
Activision and its products can be found on the company's website,
http://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 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.
SOURCE Activision Publishing, Inc.