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Disney Interactive down $54 million in Q2
By the end of the second quarter of its fiscal year, Disney Interactive was once again the media conglomerate's only unprofitable sector, reporting a $54 million operating income (read: pre-tax) loss for the three month period ending March 31, 2013. This is, however, a 22 percent year-over-year ...
EA obtains exclusive rights to Star Wars
Electronic Arts and the Walt Disney Company, which obtained the Star Wars franchise as part of its $4.05 billion acquisition of LucasFilm last year, have signed a multi-year exclusive licensing agreement to develop and publish Star Wars games. "While we don't have any details to share today on ...
Disney brings out Lasseter for Disney Infinity teaser
Disney is all-in on Disney Infinity. To help make this abundantly clear, here's Pixar's Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter and Avalanche Software (not to be confused with Just Cause developer Avalanche Studios) CEO John Blackburn talking about 'Toy Box.' Infinity is currently scheduled to ...
Disney Infinity shows off 'Toy Box' gameplay
The struggling Disney Interactive division's non-mobile hopes and dreams are all-in on Disney Infinity. Here's the company showing off gameplay of the game's Toy Box mode. Disney recently delayed Disney Infinity by two months to "capitalize on the critical fall retail season." ...
Disney's Planes adapted into Wii U, Wii, 3DS, and DS games this August
All of the recent news about Disney Interactive has been related to layoffs, studio closures, and in general, disappointment. Or Disney Infinity, which has appeared to be the exclusive focus of the division all year. But Disney Interactive has a second game in the works. A game based on Disney's ...
Closure for Spector: 'Junction Point had a good eight year run'
In an interview with GI.biz, Warren Spector says he has no regrets in the decision to sell his Junction Point studio to Disney in 2007. "Being part of Disney had its ups and downs – what doesn't? – but the last seven years gave me the very best experiences of my professional Life. ...
Mozilla unveils browser-based Unreal Engine 3 using JavaScript
Firefox producer Mozilla teamed up with Epic Games to bring Unreal Engine 3 to the web, without the need for plugins such as Flash. Mozilla and Epic took only four days to port Epic's engine to the web by using JavaScript code. The results, as demonstrated by this video unveiled at GDC, certainly ...
Epic Mickey 2 finds the power of Vita this year [update]
Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two hasn't performed as well as Disney might have wanted from such a gigantic effort. The PlayStation Vita port announced by Disney's Twitter feed for UK movie news should help at least a little. And probably at most a little. There's no firm date, though the port ...
Disney Infinity pushed back to Aug. 18 NA, Aug. 20 overseas, Aug. 23 UK
Disney Infinity signs on in North America on August 18, with the international release in most regions set for August 20. Speaking to the New York Times, Disney Interactive co-president John Pleasants said the multiplatform game's two month delay from an initial June window was one of "opportunity" ...
Disney Interactive was Disney's least profitable branch in Q1 2013
Despite revenues of $291 million during the three month period ending December 29, 2012, Disney Interactive's remaining $9 million in operating revenue (read: pre-tax profit) made it the entertainment giant's least profitable division during the first quarter of the fiscal 2013. Still, this was a ...
