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Skylanders event being held in New York next week
If you find yourself in New York City on February 5, you can join in on a community event for Skylanders Giants, held at the Times Square Toys"R"Us. Basically, you'll have a chance to get a free Ninjini figure before launch, and nab a Starter Pack for $25, as well as take advantage of a buy two get one free sale. While the first two perks only sound reasonable for the biggest of fans, eBay sellers will probably be really interested in that last bit. Evidently there's meet and greets too for kids. An Activision promotion and lots of kids packed into the same place -- sounds like a great day to head to Times Square, right?
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| 2:00 PM on 04.16.2013 Reviewing Skylanders Happy Meal Toys |

Activision sent a box of those Skylanders Giants Happy Meal toys over. Bereft of anything interesting to do, I decided to review them. I didn't really review them, though. I just rambled sarcastically while playing with toys. Videogame journalism is real.more
| 1:30 PM on 01.23.2013 Two new Skylanders Giants enter the fray |

It feels like we've been waiting forever for new Skylanders Giants characters. The titular "Giants," who are rather large and expensive toys, are getting a staggered release schedule to increase demand. Here, near the end of ...more
| 4:00 PM on 10.21.2012 Merging toys and videogames with Skylanders |

Who knew actual physical toys would propel a videogame to become the number one selling Activision title (so far) this year and generating over $200 million in sales? Developer Toys for Bob struck gold with its ingenious idea...more
| 11:00 AM on 10.18.2012 Review: Skylanders Giants |

Skylanders was one of the biggest surprises of 2011. Pretty much everyone expected it to be a cheap cash-in of 90s nostalgia to sell toys to unsuspecting kids -- and boy, were we wrong. It was actually a pretty fun, serviceab...more
| 4:30 PM on 10.05.2012 A look at all the biggest Skylanders Giants characters |

Here's a nice look at all eight of the new Giants characters in Skylanders Giants. This may be old news to hardcore fans frantically looking for any bits of news on toys, but for everyone else you can see just how cool they ...more
| 1:15 PM on 09.13.2012 Skylanders Giants for Wii U gets detailed |

Activision has a number of games set for the Wii U, and Skylanders Giants is one of them. Players will be able to use the Wii U GamePad controller to perform actions, like dragging and dropping Skylanders heroes via the touch...more
| 8:00 AM on 08.19.2012 gamescom: Swarm is my favorite new Skylanders |

Developer Toys for Bob showed off a few new characters for Skylanders Giants during gamescom this week. Amongst them was Swarm, a bee-like monster that's also one of the new oversized Giant characters. Look, bees and hornets ...more
| 7:00 PM on 08.05.2012 This exclusive Skylanders Giants set only at GameStop |

Skylanders fanatics will have to pre-order Skylanders Giants from GameStop if they want to get their hands on the exclusive Cannon Battle Pack. This limited edition pack contains series 2 versions of Chop Chop, Shroomboom, an...more
| 3:00 AM on 07.26.2012 New Skylander Giant Swarm revealed in video and images |

Activision has released assets and information on a new Skylanders character due to appear in Skylanders: Giants, an over-sized bee prince named Swarm. The above video shows off some of his moves, which seem to include ...more
| 8:00 AM on 05.21.2013 WayForward: Shantae dances to Nintendo 3DS on June 20 |
The original Shantae is coming to Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console on June 20, WayForward has announced. Originally released in the dying days of the Game Boy Color, the acclaimed platformer managed to garner a pair of seque...more
| 2:45 PM on 05.20.2013 New releases: Monkey around in Donkey Kong 3D |
For the love of god, somebody get me a 3DS. I made the unfortunate mistake of backing the wrong Nintendo console, grabbing a Wii U late last year, when I should have put my eggs in the portable basket. Now I'm not able to pl...more
| 10:30 AM on 05.20.2013 Nintendo Download Europe: Kirby and Donkey Kong |
Europeans have a lot to look forward to today, as Kirby's Dream Course (one of my favorite Kirby games) and Kirby Super Star (one of the best platformers of all time) headline the Wii U Virtual Console. If you own Kirby's Adv...more


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