{"id":100880,"date":"2012-02-07T10:15:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/activision-announces-skylanders-giants\/"},"modified":"2012-02-07T10:15:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T15:15:00","slug":"activision-announces-skylanders-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/activision-announces-skylanders-giants\/","title":{"rendered":"Activision announces Skylanders Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"\"><\/h2> <p><span><script language=\"javascript\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.springboard.gorillanation.com\/storage\/js\/sb.html5.js\"><\/script><object id=\"dest007_a1c39ece705a68f71375421ac329dfc3\" class=\"SpringboardPlayer\" width=\"620\" height=\"375\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/destructoid.springboardplatform.com\/mediaplayer\/springboard\/video\/dest007\/357\/435703\/\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/object><\/span><\/p> <p>Activision has today revealed a follow-up to last year&#8217;s surprisingly enjoyable <em><a href=\"http:\/\/jbsgame.com\/review-skylanders-spyro-s-adventure-213829.phtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Skylanders<\/a><\/em>, continuing the idea of toys that can be scanned into an active videogame world. <em>Skylanders Giants<\/em> is an all-new game that will introduce a new batch of &#8220;giant&#8221; <em>Skylanders<\/em> that are more than twice the size of the original figures.&nbsp;<\/p> <p>There will be eight new figures, and some will feature new &#8220;light technology&#8221; that will see them light up when placed near the &#8220;Portal of Power&#8221; peripheral. Eight new regular sized <em>Skylanders<\/em> will also be introduced, and<em> Giants<\/em> will be compatible with all the toys already released for last year&#8217;s title.&nbsp;<\/p> <p>In terms of the game itself, <em>Giants<\/em> promises wider worlds, with new challenges and battle modes. The titular giants will also have gameplay and abilities that reflect their large size.&nbsp;<\/p> <p>I really liked <em>Skylanders<\/em>, so I&#8217;m eager to see how this one fares. Hopefully the gimmick hasn&#8217;t worn thin already!<\/p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":100878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"article_type":"","gamurs_wordpress_blocks_hide_tags":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[91,1,97,567,137,551,557],"tags":[373,187,129,3861,3968,643,136],"internal-label":[],"invoiceable_action":[],"article_type":[],"coauthors":[{"id":113,"display_name":"James Stephanie Sterling","user_login":"Jim Sterling","user_nicename":"jim-sterling"}],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Activision announces Skylanders Giants &#8211; 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