Disney Version Of Skylanders

Now that Skylanders has become so popular, copycats are inevitable - and Disney is jumping in on the action, with a platform that it is calling Infinity. Skylanders might be the obvious reference point, but Disney Infinity is a fascinating blend of ambition and conservatism. A new multi-platform game is coming from Disney that combines real-world figurines with virtual action, not unlike runaway collectible-gaming success "Skylanders." Disney's "Infinity" will arrive.

The Walt Disney Co. revealed plans Tuesday to launch what it's billing as a new gaming platform that's strikingly similar to Activision's successful "Skylanders" franchise. In the ilk of Skylanders, Disney Infinity is a new game that will utilise a 'Disney Infinity reader' to process physical toys into the game that the player can then interact with.

The folks behind Disney's next big move in the gaming space know what you're thinking. They know that you're already comparing Disney Infinity to the Skylanders games. After all, their upcoming.

Disney Infinity announces new game and 30+ toy figures for it. More than a Skylanders knock off, its modular game. To Infinity and Skylanders? Disney's Bold New Toy-Game Maneuver "Disney Infinity" is an intrepid, ostensibly industry-upending venture by Walt Disney Co.

to merge games and toys by capitalizing on the studio's vast roster of beloved storybook characters. Disney today announced Disney Infinity at a press conference in Los Angeles, and it turned out to be exactly what we thought it would: Disney's version of Activision's massively popular Skylanders. Disney Infinity Launched in 2013 after the initial success of Skylanders, Disney Infinity is very similar.

It's equally cross-platform and uses toys that you place on a reader (called the Infinity Base) to make them appear in the game.