Activision announces Skylanders Swap Force

Skylanders Swap Force is Activision’s next entry in the Skylanders franchise. The company has announced the new game, which will debut at Toy Fair 2013.

Players will be able to swap out the top and bottom halves of toys and create a unique character of their own. A total of 16 Swap Force characters are supported by the Portal Masters, allowing for 250 different combinations. By swapping figures, you’ll be able to change their powers and moves. All Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure and Skylanders Giants will work with Swap Force, but they’ll now be able to jump.

16 new Swap Force characters are planned for the game. Additionally, 32 core Skylanders characters (16 completely new Skylanders and 16 new versions of fan favorite characters from previous games) and eight new LightCore characters will be available.

Activision describes Swap Force’s story as follows:

“In Skylanders SWAP Force, Portal Masters embark on an all-new adventure in the mysterious Cloudbreak Islands, home to a mystical volcano that erupts every hundred years to replenish the magic in Skylands. During an epic battle, a brave group of Skylanders were caught in the volcano’s eruption, which blasted them apart and sent them to earth. But, the magic of the volcano gave these heroes a remarkable new power — the ability to swap halves – turning them into a special team known as the SWAP Force. Meanwhile, Kaos is back with a new evil plan. And now, Portal Masters everywhere must reassemble the SWAP Force — in their original form or in new combinations — and send them back to Cloudbreak to save Skylands!”

Skylanders Swap Force launches this fall for the Wii U, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, and 3DS. Vicarious Visions (not Toys for Bob) is working on most of the versions. Beenox is handling the Wii game while n-Space is once again developing the title.

Source: Activision PR