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Disney Online is Enhanced and Mobile-Ready

Disney Online, the official website of The Walt Disney Company, has now more features and it's optimized to offer the best-possible online experience via mobile phones. Thanks to its new Mobile Web connectivity, fans can access, directly from their handsets, the magical world of Disney - games, virtual world ...

15 August 2008
09:18 GMT

Disney Showcases Sing It at E3

Disney too wants a piece of the music game market, with a game called Disney Sing It. And this is not the only title that Disney has announced at E3.The upcoming music game, which will be released during the holiday season, in a short timeframe that will also see the launch of Rock Band 2 and of Guitar Hero: World To...

16 July 2008
16:06 GMT

Bolt, the Super Hero Dog, Coming in Both Movie and Videogame

Disney Interactive is announcing that it is planning to develop and distribute a videogame based on its upcoming animated movie called Bolt. In true film-to-game fashion, Bolt is coming to all the gaming platforms that are out there, with versions planned for the PC, the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3 and the PlayStatio...

20 June 2008
03:10 GMT

Club Penguin Grows in Australia

Those of you who are hardcore Halo 3 or GTA IV fans probably don't know too much about the social online game Club Penguin, but it seems that most of the kids in the world do and, even more: they just love it! As solid proof stands the fact that Disney is planning to hire a team to manage the operation of the ga...

19 June 2008
16:16 GMT

Disney Begins Pokemon-Like Expansion

Something is happening with the games industry today: more and more companies start thinking about creating original IPs (which is a great thing) that can be easily turned into multi-platform moneymakers (which is not necessary a good thing). We first heard about Capcom who plans to create films in order to promote v...

27 May 2008
05:05 GMT

Sharp Disney Phone - Shiny and Highly Featured

After announcing its new Windows Mobile smartphone (named Willcom 03) for Japan, Sharp has also unveiled today a "less serious" mobile device, the DM002SH, which comes as a Disney phone. Also released in Japan, this new Sharp Disney (we can call it this, although it's not its official name) is the second Japan...

26 May 2008
13:21 GMT

Tinker Bell Comes to DS this Christmas

It's always sweet and, at the same time, absolutely funny to know that beloved Disney characters can make it to videogames, even though not exactly as we'd like to see them (a bloody FPS called "Sleeping Beauty and the Flames from Hell" would be great, for example). One of the animated characters that will ...

23 May 2008
15:11 GMT

Looking for Jonas Brothers Tickets?

Move over, Zac Efron - there's a new bunch of make-up wearing tweens in town, and they're taking teenage hearts all over America by storm. The Jonas Brothers are Disney's latest - and hottest - discovery, and the Mickey Mouse studio is set to turn the three New Jersey-born lads into fully-fledged idols...

26 March 2008
06:19 GMT

Disney's Ultimate Band Prepares to Battle Rock Band and Guitar Hero

It seems that, more than ever, people want to become music stars - and that thing is proven by the success of games such as Rock Band and Guitar Hero. So, it only seems natural that companies start thinking about building new games based on the same idea - we already have a handful of music games announced for the Ni...

28 February 2008
03:47 GMT

Disney Snubs THQ Over Toy Story 3

Although THQ has extended an offer to develop the game Toy Story 3 for Disney, the multimedia giant turned down the offer and decided that the game would be developed by Disney Interactive Studios, its in-house development studio. THQ CEO Brian Farrell declared: "We would have loved to keep the business, but when you...

21 February 2008
06:22 GMT

MWC 2008: Disney Launched its New Platform for Mobile Phones

The Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) announced at the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona, Spain, its new ad-supported Disney.co.uk portal for mobile phones, which brings the Disney digital entertainment experience closer to mobile consumers. Following Disney's philosophy to provide compelling content anytime a...

13 February 2008
04:29 GMT

Sexy Vanessa Hudgens Pulls a Britney

Vanessa Hudgens has never exactly been my favorite star, at least not before the whole naked photos scandal hit last year. But now I have to confess I have developed a rather unlikely interest in this Disney chick who at the fragile age of only 16 had enough ingenuity and brains to realize that snapping photos of her...

15 January 2008
06:28 GMT

Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens Are History

It doesn't seem possible, and yet tragedies do happen. I'm kidding. It's funny how things work in Hollywood, especially when it comes to the young generation of heartthrobs - and it's also true that I was half-expecting this to happen months ago. However, scandal didn't bring Disney's go...

4 January 2008
09:20 GMT

WALL■E Video Game to Hit All Platforms!

Yes dear gamers, whatever your system of choice is, you'll be able to pick up the WALL■E video game this summer, as THQ has confirmed it for Sony's PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2 and PSP, Microsoft's Xbox 360, Nintendo's Wii and DS and of course PC and Mac, with mobile versions on their way ...

3 January 2008
14:26 GMT

Pirates of the Caribbean Online New Content Announced

Fans of the Pirates of the Caribbean Online should find it most appealing that Disney Online has already announced new content for their favorite MMORPG allowing players to give their customized Pirate avatars a whole new look. This announcement comes in light of the recent release of Pirates of the Caribbean Online...

28 December 2007
07:07 GMT

Be Enchanted Before Christmas

Disney Mobile Studios announced that it would release the Enchanted mobile game at the same time as the movie. Thus, movie fans can now look forward to this magical mobile game just before Christmas. Beautiful Giselle, Prince Edward and Pip, the squirrel, are catapulted out of the animated fairy tale realm Andalasia ...

18 December 2007
05:02 GMT

Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey Passwords (PS2)

The heroine follows a mysterious pixie to an abandoned castle when playing in the woods one day. She learns that the castle was once home to a young and beautiful princess, but now a dark curse lurks over the castle. After remembering her name and appearance, the heroine learns how to use her wand to battle against ...

14 December 2007
04:48 GMT

Mickey Mouse in Europe Soon

The launch of the British web site that showcases Walt Disney's games, films, music and social networking assets will be launched on Monday, and it almost follows the footstep of its US brother that saw the light earlier this year. It's an expanding business for the Entertainment group, as similar web sites...

7 December 2007
06:17 GMT

Chicken Little Cheats (PC)

Walt Disney Pictures' Chicken Little catapults players smack dab into the middle of Oakey Oaks, Chicken Little's hometown, where they will experience first-hand all of the action, humor, fun and heart-warming adventure as portrayed in the film. Taking on the roles of Chicken Little and his friends Abby Mall...

6 December 2007
09:06 GMT

A Bug's Life. Hints and Secrets (PC)

Flik is an odd, inventive ant who is desperate to make a difference to his colony's way of life, but tends to make things worse in the process. His inventions include a telescope created by wrapping a blade of grass around a dewdrop, an automatic harvester, several items of traveler's gear, and the bird-sh...

27 November 2007
09:35 GMT

A-DATA and Disney Turn Mickey Mouse into an USB Flash Drive

A-DATA is one of the world's most important manufacturers of various memory modules and flash-based portable storage solutions, as it has launched countless such items over the past few years. And in order to make its products more attractive for the western customers, the Taiwan-based firm has entered a very lu...

26 November 2007
08:41 GMT

A Wonderful Feel-Good Installment to Help With The Holiday Spirit

"Enchanted" is pretty much talk of the day - and for good reason. This Disney-produced family movie has charmed the audience over the five-day Thanksgiving holiday weekend so well, that it managed to take in more than $50 million. And while the film's producer, Barry Josephson, credited the movie's better-...

26 November 2007
04:46 GMT

Disney Announces Xmas Season Mobile Games

Disney Mobile Studios, division of The Walt Disney Internet Group EMEA, announced today the line-up of games to be launched for the Christmas 2007 season. Disney Mobile always created original IP-based games and brought popular Disney franchises to gamers, so this year will come with five key titles for our mobile ph...

5 November 2007
09:04 GMT

Disney's Mickey Mouse Wears Its Silicones from iRiver!

Korean iRiver has popped out a brand new series of silicone cases, especially designed for their Mickey Mouse inspired MP3 player, which has already created a stir on the electronics market. Surprisingly enough, this cute MP3 player has managed to target not only the teenage consumers, but also the adult ones.As an a...

1 November 2007
09:47 GMT

Why Did Aigo's MV5910 PMP Get Kitschy!?! Ask Winnie The Pooh!

Oh, my God! Look what they've done to Winnie! Kids, don't worry! It's for its own good. And it happened before too, when its head was ripped and stuck on a mobile communication device, Dmobo P700, to be more specific.And since cartoons and gizmos are probably two things kids adore, it's only natur...

14 August 2007
02:58 GMT

Samsung Brings Out Two Disney Mobile Phones for the Kids

Children make great mobile phone users and Samsung takes care of this part of the market too. The company has just launched two new handsets in the Disney Mobile Lineup. DM-S105 and DM-S110 make excellent phones for those Disney fans, mostly made up of children.Disney is a constantly expanding company, which goes fur...

7 August 2007
03:08 GMT

Disney Introduces Ariel, Snow White and Cinderella in Games for Girls

They say this is the first time that Disney is specifically targeting young female gamers, releasing two titles featuring well-known princesses from the company's franchises. Princesses will include Ariel (the mermaid), Cinderella (the one with the glass shoes) and Snow White (the one that choked on the apple).D...

18 June 2007
17:56 GMT

'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End' Smashes Video Game Charts!

Following the amazing success of the latest movie with the same name, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End has recently proven to be a massive success as far as Europe is concerned. In fact, it's so successful that it took the No. 1 position for the Xbox 360, PS3, PS2 and PSP in the UK, being also the N...

13 June 2007
08:33 GMT

Disney Brands Mickey MP3 Player

Disney fans out there, raise your hat for the latest gizmo, a Mickey look-alike Mp3 player. There is no need to say that the Mickey mp3 player carries Disney branding as well as many other High-Tech items such as USB devices, CD players and many more.Its shape looks pretty odd, the manufacturers gave their best in ma...

8 June 2007
03:45 GMT

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Unlockables (Xbox 360)

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (written as At World's End on Xbox Live) is the latest video game published by Buena Vista Games for the PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Windows, PSP, Nintendo DS and the Wii. The game follows the events of Dead Man's Chest and At World's End, ...

25 May 2007
13:51 GMT

Best Mobile TV Programs from Disney and Sprint

Ever wondered how it would be if you could enjoy your favorite TV programs on the mobile phone rather than on TV? The image is small, we know, but for the biggest fans of some TV series, it might prove sufficient for finding out just what happened in the last episode of his favorite TV show.Disney-ABC Television Grou...

16 May 2007
02:35 GMT

Disney Improves Features

Disney is preparing more thrilling surprises that are going to attract even more customers to the company services.Disney Mobile plans to add new features like photo-sharing applications that will enable single click uploads of many pictures, taken by a Disney camera phone to a Disney photo sharing site.Each custome...

19 April 2007
09:07 GMT

Disney's New Dual-Screen Mobile DVD System

Parents (especially parents of twins) can now sleep in peace during long trips knowing that Disney's new Dual-Screen Mobile DVD system makes it possible for both their kids to squint at the same movie without bumping their heads. What a breakthrough! Will this mobile DVD player make kids enjoy movies quietly fro...

16 April 2007
05:20 GMT

Meet The Robinsons - Unlockables (Xbox 360)

Wilbur Robinson, "Boy from the Future," is set to traverse the timeline later this month in Disney's Meet The Robinsons, an off-the-wall adventure in which the crafty Wilbur utilizes an arsenal of cool gadgetry to aid him in his travels. Released today, new descriptions and screenshots feature a few of the innov...

12 March 2007
04:05 GMT

'Pirates of the Caribbean' Porn Cartoons Spark Outrage

With the success that the two installments of 'Pirates of the Caribbean' have been having and the high level of anticipation for the third part, something like this was bound to happen. Sinful Comics, a firm that specializes in exactly what you're thinking of right now has gone and achieved the impossi...

10 March 2007
05:29 GMT

Kingdom Hearts II

Just seeing the Square-Enix logo on a game's cover is enough to make a die-hard Final Fantasy fan like myself go berserk. Is it truly a spin-off from the greatest series of RPGs ever created? Well, the answer is "kind of...". Disney and Square-Enix created the project called "Kingdom Hearts" and the game has alr...

9 March 2007
10:05 GMT




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