Disney Interactive Unveils New Game, Console Plans

Disney’s never been much of a name in gaming.  Disney Interactive is the only branch of the company that has reported consistent losses.  In the past few years, Disney hasn’t even put that much of an effort into console gaming, choosing to focus on simple games played on websites like Facebook or on mobile devices.  But that might be about to change. Gaming website CNET reports that Disney’s taken out a patent for a gaming console that employs augmented reality.  This isn’t the first of Disney’s augmented reality patents; late last year I blogged about one involving images projected over … Continue reading

The Disney Blog Week in Review July 2 – July 6

This was a busy week for many of us in the United States with the 4th of July landing squarely in the middle of the week. It was busy at Disney World and other Disney parks as they celebrated the 4th of July in a very Mickey fashion. It’s also a week where we saw the announcement of the vault opening to release the Jungle Book once more. So let’s take a look at our week in review. Monday, July 2 Disney & The Fractured Fairytale took a look at the upcoming Disney release: Enchanted. Enchanted will combine live action … Continue reading

Disney Plans to ‘Wii’ Your Girls

I mentioned recently about Disney’s plans to step up their video game investment? Well, we’ll be seeing more of that this fall as Disney launches a new line of video games specifically targeting young girls. Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey features some favorite princesses in jeopardy and only the young girl playing can save them. Also to be released this summer is Disney Princess: Magical Jewels for the Nintendo DS. My daughter, for one, will be thrilled. She enjoys playing some games, but she likes the princesses and Barbie best. The idea of being able to play with her princesses on … Continue reading