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Team behind mobile games, including Marvel: Avengers Alliance, affected ahead of title’s closure
Read More »Disney Infinity server shutdown timetabled
The clock is ticking on the online services for the Disney Infinity series. Having announced its abandonment of the franchise in May, Disney has now revealed a systematic timetable of server shutdowns that will see the series turned off on every format. Polygon reports that the first of these changes …
Read More »Ron Gilbert: ‘Disney, please sell me the Monkey Island IP’
The creator of Monkey Island Ron Gilbert has publicly asked Disney for the rights to some of his gaming IP. Taking to Twitter (below), Gilbert specifically is after the Monkey Island and Maniac Mansionproperties – franchises that he created during his time at LucasArts. He even goes as far as …
Read More »Ron Gilbert wants to buy Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion back from Disney
Veteran developer says he will “pay real actual money” to reclaim his classic IP
Read More »Disney Infinity 4.0 would have offered $45 12-inch figures
Inside sources at Disney have expressed dismay at the cancellation of the Disney Infinity series. Kotaku reports that assorted plans were in the pipeline for the next game in the series, chief of which was a new range of 12-inch figures retailing at $45 a pop. These would have included …
Read More »What the death of Disney Infinity means for toys-to-life
Alex Fleetwood, founder of Fabulous Beasts developer Sensible Object, reflects on the future of connected play in the aftermath of Avalanche Software's closure – and explains why it doesn't spell doom for the genre
Read More »Disney gives up on console games as it ends Infinity range
It may be the biggest name in movies, but Disney’s failure in video games is now complete. Despite some initial video game investment back in 2007/2008 (resulting in the poor selling Turok and Split/Second), Disney has struggled to match the success of rival Warner Bros. It cancelled most of its …
Read More »ESA hits back at E3 critics, but is considering inviting consumers
A defiant ESA, the organiser of E3, says the LA expo is ‘essential and critical’ to the games industry. Its comments come after Activision joined EA in not renewing its E3 booth for 2016. The two businesses follow the likes of Sega, Bandai Namco and Disney in no-longer booking space …
Read More »There will be no Disney Infinity 4.0 this year
Disney has said that it will not release a new standalone version of its toys-to-life series Disney Infinity in 2016. Instead, the company has vowed to support its most recent release, Disney Infinity 3.0, with a range of new content based on new and existing Disney properties. It’s the first …
Read More »New VR firm formed by Activision, Disney, Sony and Pixar execs
A supergroup comprised of games, film and TV veterans has come together to create a new triple-A company dedicated to producing VR content. The Rogue Initiative counts big names from Activision, Amblin Entertainment, DreamWorks Animation, Pixar, Disney, Sony Pictures, and MTV Films among its founding members, with Presence Capital and …
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