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New Disney Movie Features 8-Bit Arcade Villain

5:00AM Yesterday | Brian Ashcraft

Disney’s upcoming Wreck-It-Ralph is “the story of an arcade game Bad Guy determined to prove he can be a Good Guy.” Rich Moore, an animation director whose credits include The Simpsons, Futurama and The Critic, is directing. John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer and Jane Lynch are lending their vocal talents to the flick, with Reilly playing the bad guy Wreck-It Ralph. More »


In Real Life

How A Mickey Mouse Parody Killed A Fan Game

10:00PM January 30, 2012 | Brian Ashcraft

In Japan, “doujin” titles are the video game equivalent of fan fiction. A very, very small percentage of doujin game developers go pro. The vast majority is confided to making fandom for fun. More »


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It Only Takes 30 Games And 80 Movies To Get The Full Kingdom Hearts Experience

3:00AM January 4, 2012 | Mike Fahey

Does playing every game in the Kingdom Hearts series qualify you as a true fan? Commenter zombie711 thinks it might be a little more involved than that in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. More »


Nintendo

Epic Mickey 2 Rumoured For Spring 2012 Release

8:00AM January 1, 2012 | Owen Good

An online newsletter from Disney has again confirmed long-circulating rumours about Epic Mickey 2, and says the game will release on PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii in spring 2012, reports the site StitchKingdom.com. More »


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Pixar Teams Up With Microsoft For Kinect Rush

6:40AM December 9, 2011 | Evan Narcisse

The Xbox 360′s already seen the Mickey Mouse side of the Disney/Pixar character catalogue in the recently released Kinect Disneyland Adventures. Now, their corporate cousins from Pixar’s movies will be getting their own shot at motion-sensing hijinx. More »


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This Disney Kids Game Just Got Morbid

8:30PM November 28, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

In 1994, Westwood — they of Command & Conquer fame — released a platforming adaptation of The Lion King. It was pretty great! Westwood had no part in the bootleg Chinese version of the game, though, which added a few extra scenes. More »


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Brink Devs Making A Marvel Game?

9:45PM November 17, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

A major report on British developers from IndustryGamers has thrown up a surprising piece of information: that Brink developers Splash Damage are probably working on a new Marvel game. More »


In Real Life

The Epic Art Of Epic Mickey

4:00AM November 9, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

For all the awesome art found in video game production — so awesome we run this regular feature on it — not too many publishers go to the trouble of releasing big, fancy coffee table books showing said art off. Which is a shame! More »


In Real Life

Brighten Up Your Morning With This Brilliant Tron Art

2:00AM October 5, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

The latest Tron movie was a funny thing. And the game was just as funny as the movie. Forgettable content, but just gorgeous to look at. Good thing we’re just looking at Tron art today, then, and not playing it. More »


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Why Is Disney Trademarking Mickey Mouse’s Castle Of Illusion?

2:45PM October 4, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Early Sega Genesis adopters remember Sega’s Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse as one of the system’s initial highlights, a platformer bursting with charm and gorgeous level design. So Disney trademarking Castle of Illusion more than 20 years later is certainly cause of cautious excitement. More »