Activision Blizzard’s first TV show Skylanders Academy to debut on Netflix
Activision Blizzard Studios announced today that its first television show, Skylanders Academy, will debut in the fall of 2016 on Netflix. The show is...
PowerCore founder: ‘Toys-to-life’ isn’t dead yet
Disney pulled the plug on its toys-to-life product Disney Infinity last month. That knocked the wind out of the toys-to-life market, where toys are...
Skylanders embraces user-generated content with Skylanders Imaginators
The Toys-to-Life sphere is experiencing something of an upheaval right now. With sales of Skylanders down from last year, the amiibo craze cooling off...
Nintendo’s Amiibo succeed and fail at the same time
The first line of figures launched with Super Smash Bros. for the Wii U on November 21 last year. Since then, as of the first half of fiscal 2015, Nintendo has shipped a total of 21.10 million Amiibo toys since launch, with the largest percentage — 7 million — being sold in the U.S.
Activision Blizzard opens movie studio to create films and TV shows based on its games
Activision Blizzard has finally gone Hollywood. The world’s No. 2 video game publisher is announcing today the launch of Activision Blizzard Studios, a new...
Lego Dimensions is the best toys-to-life game this season
Imagine Batman getting drawn through a dimensional portal and thrown into the world of Oz. While following the Yellow Brick Road, he stumbles upon...
Skylanders Superchargers offers some high-speed fun but hits a few speed bumps
The Skylanders are back, and this time they’re tearing up land, sea, and sky in supercharged vehicles. And yes, this is as fun as...
Skylanders: SuperChargers races onto iOS this fall
You don’t need a console to enjoy interactive action figures. Publisher Activision is revealing this morning that it will launch an iOS version of...
Activision unveils Skylanders Battlecast free-to-play mobile card game
ctivision Publishing announced today that it is launching a new free-to-play mobile card-battle game: Skylanders Battlecast. The new title coming in 2016 takes the...
Skylanders Superchargers may have its killer app: online multiplayer kart racing
COLOGNE, Germany — Skylanders comes armed with new online campaign and race modes as it readies for this fall’s looming toys-to-life showdown Activision unveiled...