Runescape creators announce Lightseekers, an ambitious-but-risky take on Skylanders

The former team behind the popular Runescape game has created a new startup PlayFusion and a new game Lightseekers that it hopes will represent the next generation of toys-to-life video games.
In a challenge to Activision’s $3 billion Skylanders business, Lightseekers is a connected-play video game with smart action figures, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and interactive trading cards. The company has teamed up with toy maker Tomy to make the toys, which you can wield as if th