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Skylanders Superchargers is ready to live life a quarter mile at a time

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Get down to the track. Buckle up. Put on your favourite AC/DC album. Because the Skylnders are about to get…supercharged up.

Skylanders SuperChargers is the name of the next big entry in Activision’s toys to life genre, arriving September 20 with a ton of new characters and more importantly, fast cars. Here’s the debut trailer:

As usual, resident Skylanders big bad is up to something, something that involves putting the pedal to the metal and taking the action on the road as he prepares new weapon called the Doomstation of Ultimate Doomstruction. It’s the first time that a Skylanders game has featured dedicated racing, with the Skylanders gang becoming “supercharged” up in order to save the day. Here’s some of the better bits, copied and pasted from the press release:

At the helm of powerful, tricked-out land, sea and sky vehicles, Portal Masters can engage in a high octane action-adventure videogame like never before.

Kids can speed across Skylands’ roads in vehicular combat, race down roaring rapids and engage in aerial dogfights as they barrel roll through enemy swarms for the first time. Developed by Vicarious Visions, Skylanders SuperChargers offers a rich story-driven gameplay experience, filled with vehicle-based and on-foot adventures, combat, puzzles, mini games, activities and platforming, set within a variety of all-new compelling environments.

“We created the toys-to-life category and have continued to lead it by bringing new innovations and new magic to the genre with each and every game. First we brought action figures to life, and now we’re bringing vehicles to life with Skylanders SuperChargers,” said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing, Inc. “We love making these games because in order to do it well, you have to constantly tap into your inner kid. What kid hasn’t imagined epic vehicles with amazing powers and dreamed about the adventures they could have with them? Skylanders SuperChargers makes those dreams real.”

Skylanders SuperChargers features a brand-new class of heroes, called SuperChargers who are distinct with fresh moves, powerful attacks and all-new weapons.  These SuperChargers also have special in-game abilities that help Portal Masters fight Kaos.

Twenty new SuperChargers character toys and 20 new vehicle toys will be available.

Players will have the ability to customize all vehicles in-game with super cool modifications and upgradeable weapons. For the ultimate gameplay experience, players can pair a SuperCharger Skylander with its signature vehicle to create a SuperCharged combination, unlocking an exclusive mod that revs up the performance of both the vehicle and character. Not only are the vehicles playable in the game, but also many feature moving parts, making them fun to play with outside of the game.  Additionally, Skylanders SuperChargers supports all 300+ Skylanders toys from previous games, enabling all Skylanders characters to pilot land, sea or sky-based vehicles.

“Since first partnering with Activision to bring the original Skylanders® Spyro’s Adventure to our stores, we have believed whole-heartedly in the magic and innovation of this brand, as well as the company’s ability to reimagine and redefine play experiences with the toys-to-life concept,” said Richard Barry, Global Chief Merchandising Officer, Toys“R”Us, Inc. “With each new introduction, Activision never disappoints its highly loyal fans of the franchise, and we are thrilled to continue to offer the broadest assortment of all Skylanders® merchandise, including the newly introduced Skylanders SuperChargers.”

And it looks like some good fun! It’s racing, combat and action. And I’m keen to see more of it at E3 this year. VROOM!

Last Updated: June 3, 2015

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