Disney Boss Reportedly Being Urged To Acquire A Major Game Publisher

Disney executives are reportedly encouraging CEO Bob Iger to think about increasing Disney from a “gaming license” to a “gaming giant”.

In a report printed by Bloomberg (through VGC), evidently all just isn’t blissful on the House of Mouse, with reviews of discontent following feedback made earlier than the SAG-Aftra strike and a handful of flops on the field workplace. And a method that executives have urged that Disney can get again on even footing is by taking a look at video video games.

Apparently, publishers Electronic Arts and Ubisoft have been talked about, and each have a really current historical past of dealing with numerous Disney IPs. But Iger — who’s at present in his second time period as CEO after returning to the place in November 2022 — has reportedly been “noncommittal”.

There are loads of video video games on the market that use the Disney license — Disney Illusion Island, Disney Dreamlight Valley, Disney Speedstorm, and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor are all current examples — however we have got upcoming titles like Iron Man, Black Panther, and Star Wars Outlaws (none of that are coming to Switch). While Jedi: Survivor, Iron Man, and Black Panther are being dealt with by EA, Outlaws is with Ubisoft.

Of course, these are all simply reviews for now, with nothing confirmed from Disney itself. We’ll have to attend and see what occurs over the course of the following few months for the House of Mouse.

Iger’s first stint as head of the leisure firm ran from 2005 to 2020, which noticed the corporate purchase a enormous variety of studios similar to Pixar, Marvel Entertainment, Lucasfilm, and twenty first Century Fox. On his return to the place in 2022 following a shaky tenure beneath former head of parks Bob Chapek.

The subsequent licensed Disney sport to be hitting cabinets is a remaster of the Sega Genesis platformer Gargoyles, which launches on nineteenth October 2023.