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As the fourth main entry in the popular Skylanders series, Skylanders: Trap Team arrives at a time when Activision’s innovative concept of bringing ‘Toys to Life’ has already captured the hearts and ...

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Skylanders' success is borne of equal parts solid game design and marketing savvy. Its central conceit – buy small plastic figurines in order to summon in-game characters – is instantly appealing for ...

Skylanders Trap Team was reviewed on PS4 and furnished by Activision for the purposes of this review. It is now available for Xbox One, PS4, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U, Wii, 3DS (different game altogether) ...

Skylanders Trap Team balances two clear goals. First, and perhaps most important to Activision, it’s a mechanism for selling expensive, high-margin toys to a large audience of children and dedicated ...

After four years and just as many iterations, Skylanders has been assimilated into the Activision machine. What was once a clever little idea has morphed into a major pillar of the company's bottom ...

Skylanders Trap Team extends its well worn furrow of toys and video-games. While the video-game stagnates a little the character and toy design continues to shine. Trap Team isn't an easy game to ...

Skylanders Trap Team stretches its toy-video-game value proposition dangerously this year with more content locked away behind toy purchases, but is saved by the quality of the gaming experience and ...

The hook for this year's Skylanders entry seems prosaic at first; a speaker on the series' newly designed portal can broadcast the disembodied voices of baddies you defeat in-game, with the portal ...