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Conferences, Photo-A-Day, Video Game

Activision Family Game Summit 2013

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Photo-A-Day #3135

Today I took the train down to New York City to attend the Activision Family Game Summit. At last year’s Activision Family Game Summit I came down to NYC with the whole family and we had a fantastic time. The event was also excellent this year for entirely different reasons. I went down on my own this time and got to spend a lot of time with my friends Adam Cohen (DaDaRocks.com) and Jeff (OutWithTheKids.com). I’ve been down to events in New York for the past couple of months and haven’t had much time to really talk with these great guys. My last trip to NYC was a train ride fiasco and I totally missed spending any time with those guys but this trip we got to really hang out for a decent amount of time.

And.. I made sure that this time I got into some photos and we did some of those red carpet type ones.

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Skylanders, Toys, Video Game

Some Little Known Facts about the Skylanders and Skylanders Giants

Here are some pretty cool facts about Skylanders and Skylanders Giants.

Skylanders Success Infographic

As of July 31, 2013, the Skylanders franchise has generated life-to-date more than $1.5 billion in worldwide retail sales²; and year-to-date in 2013, in both North America and Europe, Skylanders GiantsTM was the #1 best-selling console and hand-held game overall in dollars.²

“We began something very special with Skylanders and the magic of bringing toys to life through a video game,” said Eric Hirshberg, CEO, Activision Publishing. “But it’s not just about the game. We know the toys have to be just as creative and imaginative as the kids that play with them, and that’s why we’re so excited to bring even more innovations — like dynamic swapability — to this genre when Skylanders SWAP Force™ comes out in October.”

Skylanders Spyro’s AdventureTM and Skylanders Giants were developed by Toys For Bob, and Skylanders SWAP Force is being developed by Vicarious Visions. The games are rated Everyone 10+ by the ESRB. For more information, visit www.skylanders.com

Footnotes –
¹ According to The US NPD Group and Activision internal estimates through June 2013

2 According to The US NPD Group, GfK Media Control and Activision internal estimates, including toys and accessory packs.