Pirates of the Caribbean director developing new title, says the 'broken' games industry model 'has to change'
Read More »The Curious Story of Disney’s ‘Minigame Week’
SPECIAL REPORT: UK studio Black Rock downs tools to build 17 microgames in one week for a team building exercise
Read More »Disney unveils Ultimate Band
Disney Interactive Studios has unveiled Ultimate Band for Nintendo Wii and DS. The game is similar to Rock Band, with gamers building their own band by using the Wii Remote and DS stylus. Ultimate Band invites kids, tweens and teens to join in the jam session,” said Craig Relyea, senior …
Read More »Farrell: Disney’s Toy Story move is no surprise
THQ CEO Brian Farrell has said that the publisher anticipated Disney’s rejection of its pitch for the Toy Story 3 licence. As reported by MCV earlier today, Disney appears to have become the first major media conglomerate to snatch back IP from established independent third-party publishers – by taking development …
Read More »Disney snatches back Toy Story licence
Publishers beware: the first move by a media conglomerate to take back its owned-IP has already taken place, according to reports. The Wall Street Journal has it on good authority that Disney has turned down THQ’s pitch to create the video games adaptation of Toy Story 3 – opting instead …
Read More »Disney unveils Black Rock’s new driving game
Disney Interactive has revealed the first game put together by its UK-based racing studio Black Rock: an off-road racer called Pure. It’s the first game made by the team since it was acquired from Climax in September 2006. To read the full story, head over to MCV’s sister site Develop.
Read More »Wraps come off Disney’s first driving game
First game from Black Rock (formerly Climax Racing) is off-road racer Pure
Read More »Why Big Media’s arrival in games is good for independent studios
ANALYSIS: We look at what the attentions of Disney, Viacom and Warner means for the industry
Read More »UK CHARTS: Devil May Cry swings into top spot
Devil May Cry has made it to the top spot of the ChartTrack All Formats Top 40, something it hasn’t done in the franchises’ history. The ex-PlayStation exclusive has managed it with a little help from the Xbox 360, which accounted for 61 per cent of the game’s sales. Mario …
Read More »Disney adds SVP of production to exec games team
Former Atari man Jean-Marcel Nicolai to oversee global production of Disney Interactive Studios' titles
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