Alternating in a similar fashion to the way Call of Duty developers used to through the all- powerful Activision it is Toys for Bob’s turn this year, then with Vicarious Visions being the team that brought us Swapforce last Christmas, and there are a few new tricks on display - not least of all the jump from old consoles to new, as well as new characters, new mechanics, the always constant drop of adult friendly humour and of course traps. In fairness to the developers this is all whilst still maintaining the core strategy of being on every platform ever created in time for Christmas...no mean feat.
Paul writes: "Ah Activision, purveyors of fine video games for the discerning consumer. Or, if you have a small child obsessed with Skylanders, purveyors of small shiny plastic figures that empty a parent’s wallet faster than a cocaine habit."
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