Star Wars: Commander mobile game gets Rogue One content
You don’t have to wait until December for a taste of the next Star Wars story. Disney announced today that the mobile strategy game...
Disney layoffs include Marvel: Avengers Alliance studio
Disney laid off about 250 people in the combined consumer products and interactive media division this week. And among those affected is the internal...
Disney’s shutdown of Marvel: Avengers Alliance games shows the difficulties of mobile
If Disney can’t succeed with a mobile game, then you know that the $36 billion mobile game market is truly difficult. Late last week,...
GamesBeat 2016 panel delves into balancing monetization and retention
Everybody wants to make money with free-to-play games, but they don’t want to turn up the monetization so high that it turns off loyal...
Kingdom Hearts III’s codirector dissects the franchise’s combat and magic evolution
Square Enix announced Kingdom Hearts III three years ago, but fans still don’t know much about the anticipated action role-playing game sequel. The Kingdom Hearts...
PowerCore founder: ‘Toys-to-life’ isn’t dead yet
Disney pulled the plug on its toys-to-life product Disney Infinity last month. That knocked the wind out of the toys-to-life market, where toys are...
The DeanBeat: Just how far is Disney retreating in the game business?
If you only read the headlines this week, you might conclude that Disney’s decision to shut its Infinity toy-game business means that it’s exiting...
Marvel’s Peter Phillips reveals the secret for making superheroes work in games
Warner Bros. has invested heavily in superhero console games like Batman: Arkham Knight. But Marvel Entertainment has taken a different approach. Rather than use...
Disney hopes Marvel: Avengers Alliance 2 will blast its way to success on mobile
One of Disney’s most successful social games to date is Marvel: Avengers Alliance, which debuted on Facebook in 2012 and grew to 70 million...
How Disney is rebooting its mobile game business
Disney’s game business has been somewhat static. In 2011, Disney was ranked at No. 15 on the list of the top public video game...