It seems as if Marvel Heroes will close a month ahead of schedule and that its developer Gazillion has been shut down. The game’s termination was announced last week, at which time it was claimed that it would continue to operate until the end of the year. Now multiple reports, …
Read More »New smartphone fighter Marvel Strike Force announced
Hot on the heels of the closure of one Marvel game, another has risen from its ashes. Disney’s Marvel and 21’st Century Fox’s FoxNext Games have unveiled Marvel Strike Force, which is described as a squad-based action RPG for mobiles. It’s due out in 2018. Confirmed characters include Captain America, …
Read More »Disney is shutting down Marvel Heroes
The future of Gazillion Entertainment is in doubt after Disney confirmed the closure of Marvel Heroes and the termination of its partnership. “We regret to inform our Marvel Heroes fans that we have ended our relationship with Gazillion Entertainment, and that the Marvel Heroes games will be shut down,” the …
Read More »ESL partners with Disney for original broadcast content
ESL announced Monday that they would be partnering with Disney to air two original ESL television series’ on Disney’s D|XP. D|XP is a summer programming segment on channel Disney XD, which will focus entirely on the world of gaming. This’ll be a first for ESL who haven’t broadcast on American …
Read More »NBCUniversal hires ex-Disney lead for new mobile and VR group
Chris Heatherly will be executive vice president of games and digital platforms
Read More »Disney brings Maker Studios in-house
The once wild world of Maker Studios is to be integrated more closely into the controlled workings of inner Disney. It was revealed in February that Maker was shedding staff and cutting ties with some 55,000+ YouTubers. This, of course, came after Maker dropped PewDiePie following the world’s most popular …
Read More »HTC Vive hire Paul Brown as general manager
Ex Disney Interactive EMEA manager and Spotify MD to be in charge of Vive Europe
Read More »Disney’s Maker Studio’s to lay off 80 staff and massively cut Youtube partner roster
Roster of partners to drop from 60,000 to just 300
Read More »Avalanche Software is alive again thanks to Warner Bros
The previously-closed developer behind Disney Infinity Avalanche Software is to re-open its doors courtesy of a deal with Warner Bros. The publisher has announced that it has re-established Avalanche Software as a first-party studio. Despite its new ownership, the developer will still be led by previous CEO John Blackburn and …
Read More »Disney launches free coding tutorial featuring characters from forthcoming Moana
This as part of Code.org's Hour of Code program
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