Transformers Rise of the Beasts Box from Hasbro

With lots of new figures on display and a continuation of Swap Force for the new year, the Skylanders exhibit at Toy Fair proved Activision has another exciting year planned for their smash hit franchise.

Following the success of Telltale Games’ brilliant and moving series of downloadable games based on The Walking Dead comic series, it was only a matter of time until gamers would see a spin-off of AMC’s hit show. Unfortunately, as is the case with so many licensed titles, it simply fails to live up to its potential…

In Skylanders: SWAP Force, the third installment of the wildly popular series,16 characters will feature swappable upper and lower halves, creating a hybrid Skylander that has multiple attributes. This game will grab a hold of your child’s imagination the way it never has before.

As hard as Michael Bay may try, you just can’t keep the Transformers franchise down.  Fortunately, after suffering through three abysmal movie tie-in games, 2010’s War for Cybertron knocked it out of the park with top-notch art direction and a story that did right by long-time fans.  Two years later, Fall of Cybertron picks up…