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New wearable tech will be used to encourage kids to "run around and use their imagination"
Read More »Disney ‘flips toys-to-life on its head’ with Playmation
A new system that integrates video and real-life play has been unveiled by Disney. What is Playmation? It’s kind of hard to say at the moment. There’s a video below that gives you an idea of the concept, but many questions remain about how the idea actually works in real-life. …
Read More »Disney Infinity 3.0 to form galactic alliance with Star Wars for the first time
Disney’s next toys-to-life sequel will introduce blockbuster behemoths Star Wars and Avengers: Age of Ultron to the franchise. Disney Infinity 3.0: Play Without Limits, due out later this year on PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Wii U, PC and mobile devices, will include five play sets, new toy box …
Read More »Club Penguin staff cut by Disney
A series of job cuts has been made throughout Disney Interactive, specifically the team behind kids games platform Club Penguin. Castanetclaims that multiple sources have reported layoffs across at least three branches of the company, due to low membership numbers and poor performance from the once popular property. The report …
Read More »Disney Interactive lays off Club Penguin staff
Redundancies made in Canada and US, while Brighton, UK office is shut down
Read More »Frozen’s Olaf and Mickey Mouse in line for Disney Infinity 3.0, leak claims
Some of the Disney IP in line for an appearance in the still unannounced Disney Infinity 3.0 have seemingly been revealed online. Videogamer reports that the rumours stem from Chinese retailer Taobao. 11 characters are named in total including Olaf (Frozen), Sam Flynn and Quorra (Tron Legacy) as well as …
Read More »Disney characters help teach kids to code
Collaboration with Code.org aims to encourage children into programming with free tutorial
Read More »Disney: We want to see how devs use our IP to improve lives
Disney Interactive's Matt Carroll discusses the firm's new funding initiative for games studios and tech start-ups
Read More »Top 100 Women in Games: Flavia Timiani-Dean
Flavia Timiani-Dean’s route into the games industry came via her language degree, which landed her a place working in the kids and educational division for the CD-I at Philips Media Interactive. From there, she moved briefly to SCEE, before spending ‘many happy years’ at Eidos working on iconic IP including …
Read More »Disney Interactive revenue climbs despite Disney Infinity cost increase
Revenue at Disney Interactive fell five per cent year-on-year to $384m during Q1 2015, although income climbed 36 per cent to $75m. Unit sales of Disney Infinity catalogue titles and accessories were down, while production and marketing costs associated with the brand were both up. These numbers were partially offset …
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