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Disney Interactive has revealed the extra it will be throwing in with its Collector’s Edition version of interesting Wii outing Epic Mickey. 1UP reports that the SKU includes a five inch Epic Mickey figurine, a console skin for the Wii, a WiiMote Faceplate and behind the scenes DVD. We’re thrilled …
Read More »Disney celebrates Toy triumph
A cross-business marketing push helped Toy Story 3 become one of the biggest movies and games this summer, says Disney. The publisher is understandably delighted at scoring its first All Formats No.1 since 2007’s Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. Toy Story 3 shot up the UK box office …
Read More »Black Rock: The Next Generation
Black Rock Studio is set to meet the next generation of developers with Disney XD
Read More »UK CHARTS: Toy Story 3 flying high
Disney Interactive this morning can lay claim to its first ever title to claim the top spot three times in the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track Top 40 – licensed movie outing Toy Story 3. It does so despite a 17 per cent drop in sales. So far this year only three …
Read More »Disney Interactive profits rise 13%
Disney has posted a $10m increase in profit for its Interactive arm in its fiscal year ending July 3rd. Games revenues rose 74 per cent to $197m – up from last year’s $113m, with Toy Story 3 and Split/Second: Velocity cited as the current quarter’s key releases. However Disney Interactive …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Toy Story 3 back at No.1
Disney Interactive’s Toy Story 3 is back at the top of the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week two weeks on from the last time it topped the listings. In doing so it toppled last week’s number one, Blizzard’s Starcraft II, which drops to fourth place thanks …
Read More »What’s out today? w/e Fri August 6th
CLICK HERE FOR MCV’S COMPREHENSIVE AND FULLY UPDATED RELEASE SCHEDULE.August kicks off with a bit of Hollywood flair as two of the summer’s latest celluloid blockbusters arrive on games shelves. First up is THQ’s The Last Airbender, recreating the events of M Night Shyamalan’s film of the same name. Both …
Read More »Spector keynote to launch GDC Europe
Junction Point creative director to discuss cross-media challenges and triumphs
Read More »GDC Online boasts Disney and Playdom talks
The media empire and its new social studio to reveal all at the key trade event
Read More »Google in talks with games publishers?
The long-awaited arrival of Google in the games sector could almost be upon us with claims that the search giant is in talks with major publishers about game content for a new contender in the social networking space. The Wall Street Journal reports that Google is negotiating with EA’s Playfish, …
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