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Disney to acquire Marvel Entertainment
The Walt Disney Company has announced today that they are going to acquire the comic book company Marvel Entertainment. The deal will happen through a stock and cash transaction. The transaction value is at $50 a share, or $4 billion in total.
“Disney is the perfect home for Marvel’s fantastic library of characters given its proven ability to expand content creation and licensing businesses,” said Ike Perlmutter, Marvel’s Chief Executive Officer. “This is an unparalleled opportunity for Marvel to build upon its vibrant brand and character properties by accessing Disney’s tremendous global organization and infrastructure around the world.”
Disney will now have control of over 5,000 comic book characters. On a business perspective, it can be seen as a good move, but die-hard comic book fans might not be so pleased.
LEGO to release Prince of Persia series
It seems that LEGO is gearing up to launch a Prince of Persia themed series of their iconic bricks. This is apparantly a marketing deal that Disney signed with LEGO to promote the movie coming out next April.
Anyways, pictured above is a snapshot of the Prince of Persia LEGO series that was recently shown off during Comic Con and from the looks of it they are exactly what we’d expect; LEGO toys.
If this is your kind of thing expect to see the Prince of Persia LEGO sets hit shelves right around the franchise’s big screen debut.
via Kotaku
Xbox 360 wireless microphone dropping in fall for $49.99
We first heard about the Wireless Xbox 360 Microphone back in the beginning of April when Microsoft unveiled some new Lips DLC.
Well, it seems that Microsoft has again set their sights on the wireless mic as they have said the peripheral, which is compatible with Guitar Hero, Rock Band, Lips, and even Disney Sign It: High School Musical 3: Senior Year, will ship to retail this fall.
The Wireless Microphone is expected to cost $49.99. Hey, you didn’t think a Microsoft developed product would be cheap, did you?
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LEGO and Disney to produce Prince of Persia toys
It was recently announced that Disney and LEGO have inked a deal that will allow a Prince of Persia LEGO series to be produced.
But what does this mean for us gamers, considering the toys are based on the movie and not the actual game?
Well, if there are toys based on Prince of Persia, this could mean that there is potentially a LEGO Prince of Persia video game in the works.
Press release after the break. More »
High School Musical 3 game coming to North America
It’s been almost three months since High School Musical 3 hit theaters, but it just won’t die. Disney Interactive announced yesterday that Disney Sing It: High School Musical 3: Senior Year will be released for the Xbox 360, Wii, PS3, and PS2. One can dare to purchase it on February 17th. The title has already making Europeans suffer since November.
The karaoke game will feature ten songs from the High School Musical 3, and fifteen from the first two movies. One can sing along with up to eight preteens all at once to the same song. The game comes bundled with a Logitech microphone, or can also be bought standalone.
Pure Demo This Thursday
Disney sent out word that a playable demo for Pure will arrive for PS3 and Xbox 360 owners this Thursday.
The demo will offer the Italy-based Mount Garda track, with players competing in a three-lap race against 15 AI opponents.
In development at Black Rock Studio, the offroad racing game will hit PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 this Fall.
LittleBigPlanet Getting Lots of DLC
Sony has big plans for LittleBigPlanet, its upcoming flagship title coming out next month exclusively on the PS3.
Following on the speculation from PAX that Disney would release downloadable content for the game, a Sony spokesperson disclosed that the game “will have a steady stream of content” and that they are currently in talks with third-parties regarding themed packs.
“Disney has been mentioned in the context of being an example,” said the spokesperson. “We are currently still in talks with third-parties and are consequently unable to confirm anything at this stage.”
LittleBigPlanet is due out on October 29.