Disney will continue to look outside for game development.
By Hope Corrigan
Disney currently has no plans to publish video games based on its own intellectual properties.
During the company’s recent earnings call (Via DiscussingFilm), Chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company Bob Iger stated Disney doesn’t plan to publish any video games and will instead continue to license its brands to other studios.
An example of this is the current deal with EA which currently has the rights to make games under the Star Wars license. This includes titles like the Battlefront series, the recently cancelled open world Star Wars game that was being worked on by EA Vancouver, and the other single player Star Wars game that was also cancelled when Visceral Games closed down.
This could also include games like the recently released Kingdom Hearts 3, which has already shipped over 5 million copies. In this case, the publisher is Square Enix despite the properties being owned by Disney.
Other recent Disney licensing news includes the confirmation that the Kitty Pryde movie is still in development, despite it and other X-Men spin-offs such as Gambit and X-force being put on pause until after the merger with Fox.
Hope Corrigan is an Australian freelance writer for IGN who would really like a new good Star Wars game. You can follow her on Twitter.
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