How Disney’s games are getting nearly 1M downloads a day and 70M unique users a month

The Walt Disney Company owns Mickey Mouse, Han Solo, and Iron Man. It has turned this wealth of brands into big time success in film, toys, and more — and it’s working on making that same leap with its game business.

Chris Heatherly, Disney's mobile-gaming boss.
Chris Heatherly, Disney’s mobile-gaming boss.

Disney is finding its stride in gaming. It has five internal studios focused on mobile games making stuff like Where’s My Water, Star Wars: Commander, and Marvel Avengers Alliance. These are all successful properties, but success was not the word you would use to describe Disney gaming efforts for much of the last several years.

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