E3 Anticipation: Capcom, Konami and Disney Interactive Studios
By Louis Bedigian GameZone.comCapcomNow that Marvel vs. Capcom 3 has been unveiled, the acclaimed Street Fighter and Resident Evil developer may have
By Louis Bedigian GameZone.comCapcomNow that Marvel vs. Capcom 3 has been unveiled, the acclaimed Street Fighter and Resident Evil developer may have
Much like the Disney name is synonymous with cartoons, Nintendo is one of a few names that are synonymous with gaming culture. Disney revolutionized
With a new Nintendo console slated for announcement, this year’s E3 promises to be an impressive one. Sony has big plans of its own with the NGP, a
As a follow up to last year's Toy Story Mania, Car Toon: Mater's Tall Tale will be releasing exclusively on the Wii. "Players will join Mater and his pals," States a press release. "As they relive the wild stories he conjures up about hilariously unpredictable events that may or may not have taken place"
Just how epic is Epic Mickey going to be? Are things going to get as crazy as Grand Theft Auto? As dark as Alan Wake? Can we expect story telling on par with Heavy Rain? Well, since Epic Mickey is going to see two tie-in children's books, probably not. We'll read you a bedtime story after the break.
Fans of Disney and Pixar's Toy Story franchise know only too well that the third movie in the trilogy is on its way this year. Naturally, it doesn't take any stretching of the imagination to determine that Disney Interactive would be capitalizing on it with their own video game adaptation of the film. Sure enough, they declared their intent in only the most fitting of places: last weekend's 2010 Toy Fair in New York City. And while the game's story mode will indeed follow the events of the movie, Toy Story 3: The Video Game goes beyond that with a feature attraction of its own: Toy Box, a game mode offers an open-world sandbox style of gameplay with a virtual box of toys.
"M-I-C..." See the new Disney merchandise for your Xbox LIVE Avatars in Microsoft's store. "...K-E-Y..." ...why? Because Microsoft and Disney want more of your money, obviously.
How much is that rabbit in the window? The one with the puffy black tail? For Disney, the cost was one sportscaster: Al Michaels. That is what-- or rather, who they traded to NBC Universal to obtain the rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, the cartoon character which Walt Disney came up with in the 1920s, before creating Mickey Mouse and striking it rich. And why? Because as we know by now, the all but forgotten Oswald is an integral part of the plot to Junction Point's Epic Mickey game.
We brought you some new screens and info concerning Epic Mickey last night, but Kotaku managed to get a few words in with designer Warren Spector about how far he would ultimately like to see the Epic Mickey concept go. "I've had some discussions with people and really, really want to see some comics and cartoons and feature animation built around this," Spector said. "There have been discussions about all sorts of things talking about other possibilities around this project." "I really hope it's going to happen and I'm going to keep beating on that drum," he adds.
Who doesn't love portable shopping guides? Now, who doesn't love the idea of portable shopping guides on their DS? Right? In Japan, the DS has about as many practical use titles on its shelves in stores as it does standard games. Hell, it may even have more travel guides and dictionaries than it does JRPGs. Make the jump for more...