The new Skylanders can jump and change body parts. Will that be enough to fend off Disney?
Nathanielsz tells us why we want to buy more Skylanders toy-game hybrids.
Eye-Brawl, Thumpback, and more are headed to toy retailers around the country.
Attacknids, sold by Wow! Stuff, are the first in a line of fighting robots called Combat Creatures.
Wondering what to get that kid on your Christmas list? Wonder no more, the answer is easy. But warm up the credit cards -- it is going to put a massive dent in your finances.
It's a bit surprising to see what people are looking to buy on Cyber Monday. What it isn't,is technology, at least not primarily.
When Alice Brooks was a little girl, she asked her father for a Barbie doll. He gave her a saw, which she used to hack a dollhouse.
Three Stanford students launch Maykah to inspire the next generation of girls to love math and science.
Five startups showed off their tablet apps at MobileBeat 2012 today, but only NukoToys impressed the judges enough to win our startup tablet competition.
The company has developed interactive tablet apps that work together with trading cards, making them perfect …
Augmented reality, combining real world views and digital information, is not particularly new, but it is still considered in its infancy. The technology has been used in a variety of ways, from GPS systems to fitness apps, though entertainment seems …
EDITOR’S NOTE: Each week, I’m writing a column on videogames called The DeanBeat, while executive editor Dylan Tweney is writing a technology and business column called Dylan’s Desk. They are available to newsletter subscribers a whole day before they appear …
Disney is throwing the combined firepower of its Cars entertainment brand, its retail toy business, and its mobile app capability into a new line of Appmates mobile application toys being announced today.
The entertainment giant will sell Appmates toys based …
Amazon-owned Quidsi has already made a name for itself with specialized online markets for diapers, toiletries and pet supplies. The next market it’s tackling is toys with the launch of the aptly named site YoYo.com.
Quidsi is one of the …
Video game consoles have reached a point where they are so powerful that companies no longer need to focus on adding more horsepower to the devices, said game industry veteran and Harebrained Schemes founder Jordan Weisman.
“All the heavy lifting …
