Buena Vista Games
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| Buena Vista Games, Inc.
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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | 1996 as Disney Interactive |
| Headquarters | Glendale, California, USA
<tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Industry</th><td>Interactive entertainment</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Products</th><td>The Chronicles of Narnia |
Buena Vista Games is the video game publishing division of The Walt Disney Company. BVG was created to publish and license video games based on both Disney properties and original intellectual property. Once known as Disney Interactive, BVG publishes and licenses games for both the core gamer audience and children.
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[edit] Games published/developed by Buena Vista Games
- Kingdom Hearts II (Co-Published/Developed by Square Enix)
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Developed by Traveller's Tales)
- Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge (Developed by Capcom)
- Chicken Little
- Tron 2.0 (Developed by Monolith Productions)
- Cars (video game) (Co-Published by THQ)
[edit] Upcoming games from Buena Vista Games
In 2006, the company will publish games based on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, and May of this year, BVG announced that it is publishing Spectrobes, for the Nintendo DS, which will be BVG's first game not based on a Disney franchise. BVG is also publishing games from Q Entertainment worldwide except Asia: Lumines II, the sequel to the popular puzzle game for the PSP system; Lumines Plus, a new version of Lumines for the PlayStation 2; Every Extend Extra, a puzzle shooter; and Meteos: Disney Edition, the popular Meteos game for the Nintendo DS with Disney characters.
The company has recently revealed a full line up of games at E3 2006, which include Turok(BVG game) and Desperate Housewives: The Game, based off the hit television show.
[edit] Upcoming games from BVG (excluding previously mentioned games)
- Disney's American Dragon: Jake Long - Attack of the Dark Dragon
- Disney's Kim Possible: Global Gemini
- Hannah Montana
- That's So Raven: Psychic on the Scene
- Disney's The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure
- The Suite Life of Zack & Cody: Tipton Trouble
- The Cheetah Girls
- Phil of the Future
- W.I.T.C.H.
- Disney's Kim Possible: What's the Switch?
- Disney's Chicken Little: Ace in Action
- Disney's Meet The Robinsons
[edit] BVG development studios
In 2005, Buena Vista Games acquired two external game development studios, Propaganda Games, which has four video game veterans as the company head and BVG has given them the project Turok (2007), and Avalanche Software, the developers of the hit franchise Tak. Avalanche is currently developing two announced games -- Disney's Chicken Little: Ace in Action (based on the super hero movie within a movie at the end of the Chicken Little film) and Disney's Meet The Robinsons, based on the upcoming CG animation film. Buena has acquired a third development studio in england Climax Racing,It’s BVG’s third internal studio, following Propaganda Games and Avalanche Software, and the first in Europe, that BVG has added to its development capacity. Climax Racing is best known for its work on the MotoGP and ATV Offroad Fury franchises.
“The acquisition of Climax Racing aligns perfectly with our strategic and geographic goals by allowing us to both reach into new genres and new markets for creative talent,” said Graham Hopper (pictured), senior vice president and general manager, Buena Vista Games. “Adding Climax Racing to our creative family will provide an additional catalyst for our continued growth in the video games market.”
Karl Jeffery, founder and chief executive officer of Climax added, “As a premier, award-winning studio that has created some of the best racing titles of all time, Climax Racing is an ideal component of BVG’s expanding portfolio of development talent." Buena vista games has announced the start of a new development studio Fall Line Studios dedicated to creating games exclusivly for nintendo consoles Wii, DS, and Game Boy Advance.Fall Line Studio will operate as a sister studio to Avalanche Software, another Buena Vista Games team based out of Salt Lake City. The newly opened studio will focus on small-team projects built around usage of the Disney brand. Former general manager of Rainbow Studios Scott Novis has been chosen to serve as vice president and general manager of Fall Line Studio.
"This studio will be one of our centers of creative excellence and it gives us the ability to fully capitalize on our properties and expand our market share on Nintendo platforms," said Graham Hopper of Buena Vista Games. "Scott Novis brings the perfect mix of team building and relevant business experience to the position of studio head for Fall Line Studio. "
Buena Vista Games has historically been a huge supporter of Nintendo platforms and is currently the number three publisher of Game Boy Advance titles in North America.
Fall Line marks the fourth development studio that Buena Vista has purchased in the last couple of years - part of the company's ongoing plan to cut back on outsourced game development and instead make the software on its own. In addition to Fall Line, the corporation owns Avalanche Software, Propaganda Games, and Climax Racing. Disney has a wide array of brands to draw upon, from Mickey Mouse to its more recent hits from the Pixar family, such as The Incredibles and Cars.
However, the company's plans to internally develop Pixar-branded video games may have to wait as publishing giant THQ owns the game rights to the next four Pixar movies.
"It seems like with our brand, the Nintendo platform is a really good place to put our development effort," said Fall Line head Scott Novis.
Disney's Chicken Little is the first game from Disney to hit Nintendo's new console. It is developed by Avalanche Software and is scheduled for release in December.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official Website
- Buena Vista Games profile on MobyGames
