Skylanders: Giants News for Wii U

On: Wii U, Xbox 360, PS3, 3DS, Wii  Buy Now

Skylanders Battlegrounds iOS is real, costs £39.99 & could release next week

News

Surprise Skylanders on the way from Activision, VideoGamer.com source confirms.

skylanders1 -
skylanders1 -

Skylanders Battlegrounds, the heavily-rumoured iOS Skylanders game, is real and could release as early as next week, VideoGamer.com has learned.

Battlegrounds, which has been described by toy retailer Smyths Toys as the "premier Skylanders iOS game experience", will offer up an all-new adventure set in the Skylanders universe and let players import their existing Skylanders characters into the game via a wireless Portal of Power.

The game will be sold via a special 'Skylanders Battlegrounds Mobile Starter Pack', which includes the Bluetooth-operated Portal of Power, three Skylanders iOS apps (Cloud Patrol, Lost Islands Kingdom and Battlegrounds), an iOS-exclusive Platinum Treasure Chest used to unlock digital items, and three Skylanders figures: Cynder, Jet-Vac and a special edition Royal Double Trouble.

The pack will cost £39.99.

The information was verified by an industry source who wished to remain anonymous, who further suggested that the game could release as early as next Friday, October 19.

According to our source, Skylanders Battlegrounds has been developed exclusively for iOS and will not see an Android release.

Skylanders Battlegrounds has yet to be officially announced by Activision. Skylanders Giants, the sequel to last year's Spyro's Adventure, launches on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, Wii, DS and 3DS next Friday, October 19.

Activision chose not to comment when contacted by VideoGamer.com.

Related Stories

New stuff to check out

Comments

To add your comment, please login or register

User Comments

NateB's Avatar

NateB

Why is it sad that a game aimed at youngsters might sell well? Is it because it doesn't appeal to you clockpunk or because Activision are creating something that's not for the older generation of gamers?

I think a lot of youngsters will enjoy this game by the looks of it, so what's got to be said to make that sad? The only sad thing is that this somehow makes you sad for no real reason!
Nate

Edit: Post Moderated: off-topic link removed.
Posted 14:59 on 30 November 2012
Clockpunk's Avatar

Clockpunk

'Why sadly?' You ask?

Because this is Activision. Franchise milking, bubble fad inducing, EXTRA expensive iOS game, potential precedences set... None of which are a good thing.
Posted 18:52 on 12 October 2012
CheekyLee's Avatar

CheekyLee@ Clockpunk

Why "Sadly"? There really is no reason to be so exclusive when it comes to our hobby. So what if ActiVision want to release a game that you will never buy on a platform that you will never buy? Fears that such releases will somehow affect us by watering games down so that they all appeal to the mass market have so far proved to be absolutely unfounded. You got Borderlands 2, Resi 6, Dishonored, XCOM, FIFA 13, Fable: The Journey, and WRC 3 in the last couple of weeks. Let the kids have this one.
Posted 17:20 on 12 October 2012
pblive's Avatar

pblive

Why sadly?
Posted 17:16 on 12 October 2012
Clockpunk's Avatar

Clockpunk

My first thought: Is this a joke?

Second thought: I can see this selling very well, in all honesty...

Sadly.
Posted 17:07 on 12 October 2012

Game Stats

Release Date: 19/10/2012
Developer: Toys for Bob
Publisher: Activision
Genre: Platformer
Rating: TBC
Site Rank: 1,942 497
Buy Now
Hot News Tip? Send it to us here Click to follow all our Tweets

Latest News Popular News

Call of Duty: Ghosts to be supported with one of the largest marketing plans in the brand's historyCall of Duty: Ghosts to be supported with one of the largest marketing plans in the brand's historyInfinity Ward expected to set a new standard for the first-person genre, says Activision.
Microsoft talks next-gen Xbox reveal, 'tonnes' of Xbox exclusives to be announced at E34Microsoft talks next-gen Xbox reveal, 'tonnes' of Xbox exclusives to be announced at E3Microsoft teases "a lot of surprises" for next Tuesday's event.
PS4 will have the strongest launch line-up in PlayStation historyPS4 will have the strongest launch line-up in PlayStation historySony promises big games for PS4 launch line-up.
Total War: Rome 2 is fastest pre-ordered game in series history2Total War: Rome 2 is fastest pre-ordered game in series historyCollector's Edition selling out fast, SEGA warns.

View All Features Popular Features

GTA 5: Next-Gen Come Early 8 GTA 5: Next-Gen Come Early A brand new Grand Theft Auto 5 demo reveals a barrage of new information and proves why Rockstar's latest could very well be the best game of the generation and beyond.
'y cant metroid crawl?' - A Compendium Of VideoGamer.com Stupidity 1 'y cant metroid crawl?' - A Compendium Of VideoGamer.com Stupidity The internet discovered today there's a very good reason for Miiverse when it comes to helping people through any and all gaming problems. Now, VideoGamer looks back on its own moments of idiocy.
GTA 5: The Other Things That Will Make It Great 11 GTA 5: The Other Things That Will Make It Great You know about the world, the characters, the heists. Here are some of the other elements that will make it stand out from the pack.
The Last of Us: Naughty Dog's Imperfect Goodbye To The PS3 3 The Last of Us: Naughty Dog's Imperfect Goodbye To The PS3 Hands-on with Naughty Dog's zombie apocalypse raises expectations and concerns.