Meet Fire Smasher, my very own Skylanders Imaginators figure
Skylanders Imaginators has a new way to engage its players: enabling you to make an action figure, T-shirt, and playing card. And I have taken...
Toys For Bob planned for years to let Skylanders fans create their own 3D-printed toys
Paul Reiche III has wanted to let fans create their own Skylanders for a while. Ever since the toys-to-life video game debuted in 2011, fans...
Skylanders Imaginators hands-on: Creating your own characters is a breeze
The hallmark of Skylanders is that it’s easy to play. And that’s the case with the newest release in the franchise, Skylanders Imaginators, which debuts...
The DeanBeat: Using creativity to determine your own destiny in games
In the past week, I combed the San Francisco Bay Area to find the most inspiring game developers. I went from Cupertino to Novato, from...
How Toys for Bob turned Activision into a giant toy company with Skylanders (interview)
Paul Reiche, the head of the Toys for Bob game studio, is an overnight star (after decades of work) as the creator of the Skylanders franchise.
Activision gives Skylanders Giants the all-in, mega-investment treatment (hands-on preview)
A hands-on preview of Skylanders Giants shows just how big this project is.
The DeanBeat: Skylanders is massive, innovative gamble for Activision Blizzard
Bring your toys to life. That was the big idea that drove Activision Blizzard and its game studio Toys for Bob to place a...