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News Blizzard Merges With Vicarious Visions, The Company Behind Tony Hawk And Crash Bandicoot Remakes

The 200-person studio now only works on Blizzard games

Vicarious Visions is no more. As of today, the 31-year-old company has been fully subsumed into Blizzard, and will be "fully dedicated to existing Blizzard games and initiatives" from now on. In an interview with gamesindustry.biz, a representative for Vicarious Visions said the following:...

• Fri 22nd Jan 2021
• Crash Bandicoot
• Activision
• Blizzard

News 2013 Skylanders Champion Walks Away With All 56 Swap Force Figures

Quite a prize

At an event in London’s Olympic Park, James Tubb (9) was crowned Official Skylanders Champion. He not only wins the crown but also every Swap Force figure. Nice haul! The Official Skylanders championships started out in various UK regions in GAME stores. Each of these qualifier events called Skylanders fans to come into the store...

• Thu 12th Sep 2013
• Wii U
• Wii
• 3DS
• Event
• Skylanders

Video This Exclusive Skylanders Swap Force Footage Shows More Characters in Action

Family Gamer takes a look

Skylanders Swap Force is getting closer, and it seemed that Activision’s retail partners had pretty much let the cat out of the bag on most characters. However, at Gamescom in Cologne we discovered there were still a few surprises. Very kindly, Activision gave us an exclusive first look at a new Skylanders Swap Force...

• Thu 22nd Aug 2013
• Videos
• Upcoming Releases
• Skylanders

News Retailer Listings and Comic-Con Reveal New Figures for Skylanders Swap Force

Prepare your bank accounts

Skylanders Swap Force, the latest entry in the hugely successful toy-based Activision series, is getting ever closer to its October release on Wii U, Wii, 3DS and other consoles. As it approaches we can look forward to details on what new figures will be available and in what waves, though it seems that a combination of...

• Fri 19th Jul 2013
• Wii U
• 3DS
• Wii
• Upcoming Releases
• Skylanders

News Beenox Aiming To Give Wii Skylanders Swap Force Parity With Next Gen Versions

Gameplay, levels and toy compatibility will be the same

Skylanders Swap Force is going to be a big title for the Wii U this year, but it's easy to forget that the original Wii is getting its own version, too. Family Gamer TV got chance to speak with Vicarious Visions CEOs Guha and Karthik Bala about the Wii version and was given some very positi

• Mon 1st Jul 2013
• Wii
• Interviews

Video Skylanders Swap Force Really Lives Up To Its Name

Family Gamer's Andy Robertson gets swap-happy

The clue’s in the name right? Skylanders Swap Force is an interesting proposition this year because of all that switching and swapping you can do with the new figures. What we hadn’t appreciated was quite how varied the new mixed up creations could be, or how much they would feel like fully fledged...

• Tue 25th Jun 2013
• Wii U
• E3 2013
• Videos

News Activision Bringing Skylanders Swap Force And Call of Duty: Ghosts To E3

"This is obviously a big year"

There has been a lot of confusion surrounding Call of Duty: Ghosts, the latest in Activision's long-running franchise. Nobody seems to definitively know if it's coming to Wii U or not. When it was announced in early May, the publisher did not mention Nintendo's home console, however, since then several media outlets...

• Sat 8th Jun 2013
• Wii U
• 3DS
• Wii
• Activision
• E3

News Wireless Wii Portal Inspires Skylanders Chess Invention

There's a use for those old Portals of Power after all

As you will have no doubt read, Skylanders Swap Force will require a new Portal and Starter Pack this year. Family Gamer TV owner and occasional Nintendo Life contributor Andy Robertson asked his kids what they should do with their old Portal of Power, and they came up with a version of Chess...

• Fri 1st Mar 2013
• Wii U
• 3DS
• Wii
• Skylanders

News Activision: New Skylanders Portal Of Power Down To "New Functionality"

Still works with the old figures, though

Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision has spoken to Family Gamer and given a few more details about Skylanders Swap Force, which is due out on Wii, Wii U and 3DS later this year. One of the hot topics is the new Portal of Power, which is name for the USB portal that you plug into your console to access the toy...

• Tue 19th Feb 2013
• Wii U
• Wii
• Activision

Preview Skylanders Swap Force

Activision's latest money-spinner takes shape

As we wrote earlier this week, Activision has announced the next game in the Skylanders series: Swap Force. At the New York event we had a chance to see some early levels of gameplay. What was immediately obvious was the higher fidelity of visuals this time round. With new developer Vicarious Visions...

• Fri 8th Feb 2013
• Skylanders
• Previews
• Activision
• Wii U
• Wii