Skylanders SWAP Force

It looks like a Portal of Power synonymous with the Skylanders series has opened up at the house of Ronald McDonald.

While these days we love to consider video games to be interactive tools of artistic expression, there was a time when games were just toys, and that’s not a bad thing! Toys are important. They help to foster creativity in young developing minds and remind adults what it was like to be a carefree adolescent. There is, perhaps, no video game better at owning its toy-like identity than Skylanders. I

To celebrate the coming of Skylanders: SWAP Force, Activision has premiered the first episode of Skylanders BOOMCAST, a show that centers all things Skylanders.

Your wallets won't receive respite until the year's over, gamers. And if you're looking forward to Skylanders: Swap Force, then you should probably just mail your wallet to Activision right now, making it your first swap.

What do you think is the most successful game franchise in existence? Call of Duty? Nope. Mario? Still wrong. Give up? The answer is Skylanders, one of the most absurdly successful money making games ever to come out of Activision. This year, at E3 2013, we got a chance to take a look at the newest Skylanders game, Skylanders: Swap Force, and picked up a limited edition E3 run Hot Dog Skylanders f

Some new Skylanders SWAP Force screenshots have surfaced, as well as a couple of product shots. Let's have a look at the next income-draining iteration of the Skylanders franchise!

Skylanders SWAP Force is looming in the distance, eyeing our hard-earned income and shoving its tantalizing coolness in our faces.