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Following its acquisition of Marvel in late 2009, Disney has placed a former Blizzard executive to head up its Marvel gaming strategy. Bill Roper, the former VP of Blizzard North and CCO of MMO specialist Cryptic Studios, is to assume the role of vice president of the Marvel franchise. He …

Two soon-to-be-unemployed staff at recently closed developer Black Rock have candidly told Develop that they believe the publisher had made the decision to close the outfit at the start of the year. Together they say "this is a painted as a family friendly company, but has treated us very badly" …

Staff claim publisher probably always planned to close studio since last year's layoffs

Disney is closing its UK games development studio the publisher has confirmed to Develop this morning. Black Rock, the racing studio it bought from Climax in late 2006, will close after five years of Disney ownership. 40 remaining staff will be made redundant – the studio had already laid off …

Brighton-based Black Rock will make 40 staff redundant

Disney-owned developer likely turning its attention to digital games

The upcoming Cars 2 movie tie-in must live up to Pixar’s standards or risk diluting the entire franchise. That’s according to Jay Ward – Pixar’s franchise guardian for Cars – who has been working with developer Avalanche to ensure the game is up to scratch. It needs to be consistent …

Baynes and Monaghan thought to have launched Roundcube Entertainment

Disney Interactive has teamed up with its movie division to launch new video game and DVD movie packs. The publisher is launching three different sets in the UK on Monday, June 27th. The first sees animated movie Tangled combined with its Wii counterpart, while cartoon series Phineas and Ferb will …

Disney Universe branded a 'copy' of LittleBigPlanet and LEGO games from yesteryear