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Disney Interactive Aims to Bring Open World Imagination to Gamers with Toy Story 3

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.

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BioWare Execs Split on Whether to Classify Wii as a Toy

The folks at BioWare are greatly known for their story-driven RPGs. The Wii...well, isn't. So how does a company that's talented in developing deep games approach a system that's known for the exact opposite? With differences in opinion, apparently. BioWare execs Greg Zeschuk and Ray Muzyka spoke with GameDaily on the very subject. Zeschuk thinks that what the Wii offers is "much more like an experience. They're playing, together or not, but you're not 'gaming' anymore. If gaming is defined by story, then generally Wii may not be." Muzyka sees it much differently, giving a decidingly thoughtful insight into what gives the Wii extra attractive value. "When you look at a moment to moment experience what a player does on a Wii game, it's different, lighter, and more toy-like," he said. "But there's also a narrative between the players outside the game and kind of fulfills the same things games do. Games are 'toys' in the sense that they're fun." Though they've shied away from developing on anything-Nintendo in the past, they are taking a stab at creating a Sonic the Hedgehog RPG for the DS. Which, if all indications hold true, may give the fallen franchise actual relevance again. Personally I don't believe that BioWare has a place on the Wii. The console just hasn't proven itself to be a good location for games with good stories behind them.