Activision has sent along a small infographic which showcases the Skylanders franchise from its launch in 2011 until the near future in 2014 when a new game is being teased by the original creators, Toys for Bob. With over 175 Million toys sold and 2 billion in franchise revenue Skylanders has become a staple franchise in both the videogame and toy markets.
Just this morning, new toys in the Skylander: Swap Force character line were made available to the public. One would think that it's just another two characters to use in game, amongst the dozens already released. However, these two in particular are necessary to complete sections of the game previously untapped.
A new Wii U bundle has been announced for the 2013 holiday season, featuring a Wii U Basic system and a Skylanders SWAP Force starter pack, which includes Portal of Power, three figures, trading cards, stickers, and Nintendo Land on disc. A bit of a grab bag of goodies, but we're not complaining!
The first time I played Skylanders at E3 I knew Activision had something special on their hands. Combining physical collectible toys and a video game has been done before, but not to the level where those toys are actually placed in and become part of the game. Once the game was released I jumped on the Skylander train, and while I found the game e...
Get your wallets ready, we've got another figure based game out this week to suck you dry. Skylanders: Swap Force is the latest iteration of the game featuring characters that split top and bottom to swap pieces and create new characters. You'll love it. Your kids will love it. Your bank account will hate it. Skylanders: Swap Force...
Whether you love them or hate them, it's undeniable that the Skylanders toy/game fusions are immensely popular. You probably own one of the versions (whether you like to admit it or not), especially if you have kids.
Forcing two living creatures together can lead to some unholy alliances; just ask the Octocat I created in my splicing machine. However, Skylanders SWAP Force's new trailer maintains that swapping one part of a creature, with one part of another, can lead to magnificent mayhem.
Skylanders Swap Force is out this fall on a large quantity of platforms both current and "next-gen." While we saw what the game looks like at E3 on the current Xbox 360, we're intrigued by what future consoles hold for this style of game. Activision has sent along a handful of screenshots that showcase some pretty impressive visuals for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 version of the game.
Skylanders was a game that surprised a lot of folks when it was unveiled at E3 two years ago. I can remember seeing the little figures come to life in a back room at the Activision booth and immediately thinking to myself, ok, this thing is going to catch on. We're now a few games and 50 some characters later and Skylanders is getting what might be the biggest change to the series yet. Skylanders Swap Force is the first game that looks, feels, and plays next-gen.
As probably everyone expected, Activision officially confirmed today that Skylanders SWAP Force is in development for the next-gen consoles (namely the PS4 and Xbox One). This is in addition to the already announced versions for the PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, 3DS, and Wii U. Get ready to hide the wallet from the kids if you own pretty much any relatively modern console whatsoever.
Recently I’ve spent quite a bit of time comparing Skylanders Swap Force and Disney Infinity of late, but one area I’d not considered in detail was their co-operative features. What better place than Co-Optimus to get to grips with what these two toy-meets-game titles have to offer.
The upcoming Skylanders SWAP Force has a host of new improvements and additions to the previous two titles. Players will be able to create 256 different character combinations from the 16 new bifurcated figures. There will also be 16 new Skylanders, eight LightCore Skylanders, and 16 returning Skylanders. There's also the ground breaking new gameplay function that allows characters to jump! Seriously. If you've played the game you know how big of a deal this is.
