Disney has cooked up a toy that will enable kids to heed their parents’ demands that they go outside and play — without ever having to shut off their digital devices. Called Playmation, the system of ...

Playmation Marvel’s Avengers, developed in collaboration with Hasbro, uses familiar technologies including wearables, wireless technology, motion sensors and more, but applies them in ways that are ...

The rise of smartphones and tablets has forced entertainment firms, such as Disney, to design themed toys that can come to life and build a story around them. That's the case for Playmation, a ...

Walt Disney Co. unveiled a new toy line that combines motion sensors and wearable technology to encourage kids to run outside and play. Called Playmation, the toys will center around blockbuster ...

Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media (DCPI) and Hasbro, Inc. today launched Playmation Marvel’s Avengers, an exciting new product designed to bring parents and their kids together by ...

At first glance, Disney's new Playmation toys don't look like much. The box doesn't really say a lot, and the YouTube videos and commercials overrunning the Disney Channel look more like the next ...

Ashley and Khail explain why you only need your imagination to have fun with Disney's newest toy, watch a robot adapt in order to keep moving, and discuss one man's hope to reduce plastics in our ...

Disney today announced a new "digital play experience" called Playmation, a combination of video game and physical active play that will feature interactive experiences based on The Avengers, Star ...

I was a little kid when Return of the Jedi came out, so I did what any kid would do: endlessly re-enact scenes from the movie until my parents went mad. My favorite game was “Sarlacc Pit,” in which I ...

Gaming is venturing into new, unfamiliar places over the next couple of years. And while Shacknews has been monitoring burgeoning trends like virtual reality, those trends are largely aimed at a more ...