The Walt Disney Co.’s Buena Vista Games (BVG) today announced plans to become a multi-platform publisher, launching a slate of video games in the U.K., Germany and France starting summer 2005. In addition, the company will expand beyond kids- and family-oriented titles to reach tween, teen and core gamers.
Disney says the new business strategy will not affect publishing partnerships currently in place. THQ, which published the game based on The Incredibles, is now working on an interactive adaptation of the upcoming Disney/Pixar toon feature, Cars. In addition, Capcom is still set to release the long delayed Tim Burton’s The Nightmare before Christmas: Oogie’s Revenge for PlayStation 2 and Xbox, while Square-Enix continues to develop titles in the Kingdom Hearts franchise.
Among the first titles to be published by BVG is an action/adventure game based on Walt Disney Pictures’ and Walden Media’s The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, a CG-laden live-action feature set for release during the 2005 holiday season. After that will come an interactive version of Disney’s first in-house CG feature, Chicken Little. That game is slated for all European territories beginning with France in November of 2005. Both titles will be available PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube, as well as handheld and PC platforms.
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