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Lego Dimensions takes on Skylanders, Disney Infinity with new toys-to-life game

It looks like Lego is finally getting into the toys-to-life business, taking on Activision's incredibly popular Skylanders games and Disney's richly diverse pop-culture universe of Disney Infinity. ...

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2015 BAFTA Games Awards nominations topped by Alien: Isolation, Monument Valley

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) revealed its list of nominees for this year's British Academy Games Awards today, with Alien: Isolation, Far Cry 4 and Monument Valley...

Opinion
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Destiny is a hit, who cares if it's profitable? (Correction)

Destiny is a reported $500 million investment for Activision Blizzard, and the game has had a middling critical reception at launch. Correction: According to the earnings call from last November,...

News
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Here are the nominees for The Game Awards 2014

The Game Awards 2014 creator Geoff Keighley announced the nominees for the awards yesterday, and there's an eclectic mix of titles up for the top honor: Bayonetta 2, Dark Souls 2, Dragon Age:...

Shopping
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Walmart's pre-Black Friday sale kicks off Friday; PS4, Apple, game price drops

Walmart already had some of the best console and gaming deals coming this Black Friday. They even managed to sell a number of PlayStation 4s for less than $100 a pop. (OK, that one was a scam). And...

Shopping
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Toys R Us Black Friday cuts prices on PS4 LBP 3, Lego Batman 3 bundle, all games and more

Toys R Us Black Friday deals leaked overnight, revealing a few worthwhile price cuts including their buy one, get one 40 percent off sale on all games and the GTA 5, Last of Us Remastered PS4...

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Skylanders: Trap Team is on the new Quality Control podcast

Our podcast, Quality Control, is a pretty simple idea. In each episode, Polygon managing editor Justin McElroy talks to a critic after they review a new game and allows them to add a little bit of...

Reviews
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Skylanders Trap Team review: figure study

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...

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GameStop now taking trade-ins of Disney Infinity and Skylanders figures

You can now trade in figures for Disney Infinity and Skylanders to GameStop, the retailer announced yesterday. GameStop will accept trade-ins of used toys from either series, whether from the...

Analysis
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Your guide to the big games of fall

Fall is the time when video games come out to play; lots of them. Here's your guide to the big games of the next few months... This year, 12 months following the arrival of two new consoles,...