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Three Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know About Skylanders
Did you know Skylanders was originally going to be an adventure set in a magical land where no one had to pay $10 for a small plastic statue? That’s not one of the three facts presented in Lore‘s latest Fast Facts video. I still want a game where Spyro the Dragon is king of all…
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The PlayStation 4 Makes Skylanders: Swap Force Look So Much Better
In August I got an early chance to play the latest installment of Skylanders on a PlayStation 4. I thought it was just the prettiest thing ever. After reviewing the game on the PS3, I thought I might have just been seeing things. Nope. So much better. The difference, which might not show up quite…
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Xbox One Call of Duty Offers Better Framerate than PS4, Say Reviewers
The furor that kicked up two weeks ago over Call of Duty: Ghosts‘ native resolution on the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One appears to have gotten its sequel. With reviews of the Xbox One version trickling in today, some are saying the Xbox One does not suffer the framerate drops that were reported in…
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Okay, Maybe Call Of Duty: Ghost‘s Spawning Could Use Some Work
Now I’m no first-person shooter expert, but I’m pretty sure you shouldn’t be able to kill the same opponent four times in ten seconds. Not only does YouTube’s Gold Glove kill one guy four times in that time span during this Call of Duty: Ghosts multiplayer match, he kills another two enemy players while he’s…
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No, Call of Duty: Ghosts Did Not Make $1 Billion on Its First Day
Call of Duty: Ghosts didn’t get the usual triumphal announcement from Activision that it was the biggest entertainment launch of the year. Because, one assumes, it was not. Activision did say that $1 billion worth of Call of Duty was on retailers’ shelves. Why is that worth bragging about? Well, this video is why. Here…
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Call of Duty: Ghosts Isn’t the Year’s Biggest Entertainment Launch
In each of the past four years, Activision has followed Call of Duty‘s release date with a triumphal announcement that the latest edition of the game was “the biggest entertainment launch” of the year or in history, comparing it to blockbuster movie franchises since there was no other game to come close. They didn’t say…
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Megan Fox Stars in the Latest Call of Duty: Ghosts Live-Action Trailer
You’re gonna live ’til you die in Call of Duty: Ghosts which, for millions on Tuesday, will be about 16 seconds after spawning. A bombed-out, bro’d out Vegas stars alongside Megan Fox (Bad Boys II, as “Stars-and-Stripes Bikini Kid Dancing Under Waterfall”) in the live-action launch trailer Activision just pushed out for its megabazillion-dollar franchise.…
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Meet the Specialists of Call of Duty‘s Extinction Mode
Extinction, the horde mode replacing (or so it seems) zombies for Call of Duty: Ghosts will feature four classes specific to the mode, according to this post yesterday afternoon from the game’s developer. The classes are rather meat-and-potatoes: Weapon Specialist, Tank, Engineer and Medic. The first two are your offensive classes, the second two are…
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‘Extinction Mode’ Among the Rumors Trickling From Call of Duty: Ghosts
With about a week to go before the latest Call of Duty hits shelves, this is high season for pre-release leaks from those who managed to cajole an early retail copy out of someone. Did you know Call of Duty: Ghosts is on two discs for the Xbox 360? Yeah, well, neither did I. There’s…
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That’s One Way To Sell The Basic Wii U
With a new Wii U Deluxe set coming out on November 1 featuring two Mario games, how can Nintendo possibly sell new Wii buyers on the basic unit? How about an exclusive Skylanders: Swap Force figure? The Limited Edition Skylanders: Swap Force Wii U Basic Set is actually a pretty good deal, especially if you’re…
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There’s a Musical Surprise In Skylanders: Swap Force
I was not expecting this at all. Don’t click if you don’t want to spoil it. As if aintricately lovely score by Lorne Balfe — the man behind the music for the first two Skylanders games, Assassin’s Creed III and Beyond: Two Souls — wasn’t enough, Vicarious Visions audio designer Matt Pirog put together this…
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An Entire Scottish Island Is Now An Ad For Skylanders
Know for its scenic mountain vistas and sheep farms with an economy based on fishing, tourism and whiskey-distilling, Scotland’s Isle of Skye is now the first real-world location officially twinned with a video game setting. One of the prettiest places on the planet, now a Skylanders: Swap Force marketing tool. I suppose pairing The Skylands’…
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The Most Convenient Portable Skylanders Game Yet
Now that the console version of Skylanders has finally caught up with the portable one in terms of jumping, the 3DS version of Skylanders: Swap Force ups the ante, letting players load all of their toys into the game at once. The previous installments of Skylanders for the 3DS only allowed players to load two…
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ReviewsSkylanders: Swap Force: The Kotaku Review
It’s taken 40 long years, but it’s finally happened. I’ve finally become an adult, and it’s all thanks to the latest Skylanders game. I just don’t understand the Swap Force The first Skylanders game gave us a batch of toys we could place on a portal to use as characters in a well-crafted action role-playing…
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