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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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Skylanders: Swap Force Buyers’ Guide: What You Need, What You Don’t
You would think that on the third installment of Activision’s highly-successful toys-meets-games series they’d give folks the option to just buy the game by itself. Ha ha! We’re not getting off that easy. Every Skylander figure released thus far will work on Skylanders: Swap Force. You could play through the entire game using only first…
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There’s Far Too Much Eminem In The Call Of Duty Dog Music Video
I just want to listen to some music and look at dogs, but no — here’s Eminem droning on and on about shitting on his microphone and making stupid G-Unit puns. Oh wait, I guess this is supposed to be a video for Eminem’s “Survival”, the song that debuted in part during a Call of…
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What Happens When You Mix Skylanders And Disney Infinity? Don’t.
Two games dependent on physical toys that interface via magical portals? Of course it’s tempting the drop a Skylander down on the Infinity base to see what happens, but we don’t. Not if we want happiness to survive. Skylanders Meets Disney Infinity [The Warp Zone – YouTube]
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What’s New In Skylanders: Swap Force? So Many Things.
Every Skylander character released so far has been remastered in HD. We’re visiting a region of the Skylands we’ve never seen before. We meet Kaos’ evil mom. So many new features are coming in Skylanders: Swap Force, some almost exciting as the ability to jump. I’m a little fixated on Swap Force‘s jumping mechanic. That’s…
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Call Of Duty Mega Bloks Are Coming. Let’s Build A Set.
Following successful outings with World of Warcraft and Skylanders, Mega Bloks completes the holy trinity of Activision properties with Call of Duty collector construction sets. Want to watch me put one together? Due out at Toys’R’Us later this month and other U.S. retailers this fall, Call of Duty collector construction sets are a premium line,…
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New Call of Duty Trailer Starts Off In Outer Space
In the latest single player campaign trailer released today from Activision and Infinity Ward, Call of Duty takes you into the sky. Like, way, way into the sky. The entire intro of this latest trailer takes place in space, which isn’t the typical grey and brown terrain we’re all too familiar with. And, of course,…
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Activision Hires Big-Time Lobbying Firm as Violent Games Bill Looms
Activision has gone out and hired a lobbyist—one of the biggest lobbying firms in Washington—for representation when Sen. Jay Rockefeller’s violent video games bill, which would order research into any causal links between violent video games and violent behavior, comes to the Senate floor. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld is no joke. It’s a…
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The New Call Of Duty Game Is “Not Some Lazy Type Of Port”
It’s easy to understand how someone can look at a brand new mobile game carrying the name of one of the world’s most popular video game franchises arriving completely unannounced and think “cheap cash-in”. Members of Activision’s Blast Furnace mobile studio say that’s not the case with Call of Duty: Strike Team. Following this morning’s…
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Watch The First 12 Minutes Of Call Of Duty: Strike Team
Activision droppeda surprise mobile Call of Duty on iOS today, and it’s two, two, two games in one. Call of Duty: Strike Team gives players the ability to switch between first-person shooter and top-down tactical strategy with the press of a button. Want to see how it works? Keeping in mind that the video recording…
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Activison Just Released A New Mobile Call of Duty
Today, Activision is rolling out Call of Duty: Strike Team, a $7 mobile-exclusive Call of Duty title for iOS devices. The game offers a full-fledged story campaign taking place in 2020, and a survival game mode with leaderboards. Both game modes can be played in either the usual run and gun first-person mode, or in…
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Call of Duty: Ghosts Riffs Off Titanfall‘s Cinematic Multiplayer
Infinity Ward this week showcased the pre-order bonus for its upcoming Call of Duty: Ghosts, a multiplayer map called “Free Fall” that the developer claims will add a touch of the cinematic single player campaign to the game’s deathmatch modes. Does that sound familiar to anyone? Yes, that’s the exact thinking behind Titanfall, the first…
By Mike Rougeau
