Skylanders: Swap Force is Activision’s next big bet on hybrid toy-games (preview)
New Skylanders title will have toys with swappable bottoms and tops.
The DeanBeat: Disney starts a cross-platform toy war with Activision
The winner of these battles will carve out a transmedia empire.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Cliff Bleszinski, Skylanders Giants, and alleged racism at Kixeye
If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.
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.
How animators bring Skylanders Giants to life (video interview)
Paul Yan leads a team of five animators at the Toys for Bob studio. They bring the Skylanders game characters to life.
A insider’s photo tour of the Toys for Bob game studio, where Skylanders are born (photo gallery)
Check out the zany posters, cool toys, and creative minds behind the Skylander hybrid toy-game phenomenon.
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.
With Skylanders Giants, Activision could dominate toys and video games (video and gallery)
Activision Blizzard has an evil plan afoot to rule both toys and video games. And Skylanders Giants is going to be a big part...
The Skylanders financial bet gets a lot bigger with Giants sequel
Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure was a sleeper hit last year, a unique cross-platform product that combined a video game with collectible real-world toys. Now, ahead of the...
The top 10 family games of 2011: Kinect Disneyland, Sesame Street, and more
They may not be the most glamorous ticket in town during the holiday buying season, but family games are one of a very small...