Activision announced today the launch of Skylanders Boomcast, a weekly offering of online webisodes available through YouTube starting this Friday.
The online series, which will kick off Activision's "SWAPtober" month celebrating the October launch of Skylanders Swap Force, is hosted by Diary of a Wimpy Kid star Zachary Gordon and will offer information on the series, gameplay tips and more.
Skylanders Swap Force launches Oct. 13 in North America, Oct. 16 in Australia and Oct. 18 in Europe. The Skylanders SWAPtober event continues on Oct. 10 in Times Square with a Skylanders themed event in Times Square, featuring Skylanders characters, activities and prizes. James Marsden (Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, Enchanted) will host the event alongside Zach Gordon.