Skylanders: Trap Team

Skylanders: Trap Team
Developer(s)Toys for Bob
Beenox
Vicarious Visions (iOS, Android)
Publisher(s)Activision
Producer(s)Dawn Pinkney
Chris Wilson
Artist(s)Terry Falls
Lee Harker
Writer(s)Alex Ness
Composer(s)Lorne Balfe[2]
SeriesSkylanders
EngineVicarious Visions Alchemy
Platform(s)Android, iOS, Nintendo 3DS
PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One[1]
Release
  • AU: October 2, 2014
  • NA: October 5, 2014
  • EU: October 10, 2014[1]
Genre(s)Toys-to-life, role-playing, platform
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Skylanders: Trap Team is a 2014 3D platform game[3][4] developed by Toys for Bob and Beenox and published by Activision. It is the fourth installment in the Skylanders video game franchise and was released on October 2, 2014, in Australasia, October 5, 2014 in North America, and October 10, 2014, in Europe, for release on Android and iOS mobile platforms, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Nintendo 3DS. It is the sequel to Skylanders: Swap Force, and features the voices of Fred Tatasciore, Billy West, John DiMaggio, Matthew Moy, Laura Bailey, Alex Ness, John Paul Karliak, Matthew Yang King, and Richard Horvitz.

Skylanders: Trap Team utilizes a near-field communication reader platform, called the Traptanium Portal, that reads NFC chips located on the bottom of figurines. The figurines are then used in-game as playable characters. It introduces a new group of Skylanders called the "Trap Masters", who work with the Portal Master to capture the criminals that Kaos has released from Cloudcracker Prison, which holds the most feared villains of Skylands.

A sequel, Skylanders: SuperChargers, was released in September 2015.[5]

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  2. ^ Greening, Chris (April 25, 2014). "Lorne Balfe to return for Skylanders: Trap Team". Game Music Online. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  3. ^ Martens, Todd (13 June 2015). "Toys-to-life gaming at E3 is set to land big, but it's not all child's play". LA Times. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  4. ^ Williams, Katie (May 4, 2015). "Toys-To-Life Are Gaming's Hottest-selling Accessory of 2015". IGN. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  5. ^ "Activision confirms Skylanders 5, Call of Duty 2015, "unannounced intitatives" during quarterly presentation". Warp Zoned. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.