Over 1 million Disney Infinity Starter Packs have been sold since launch, it has been confirmed. Walt Disney Company chairman and CEO Bob Iger revealed the news during the company’s post-earnings release conference call yesterday.
According to Iger, retailers have been experiencing regular sell-outs. Walt Disney senior executive VP and CFO Jay Rasulo added that the holidays will be a significant period for Disney Infinity, but “we feel good about its prospects so far” based on feedback from retailers, consumers, and gamers.”
Disney Infinity boosted Disney Interactive’s gaming sector during the fourth quarter of its fiscal year, with revenues rising from 93 percent to $396 million. Operating profit came in at $16 million, which is a significant turnaround from last year’s $76 million loss.
Overall sales are up 26 percent to $1.1 billion. Operating losses, meanwhile, lowered from $216 million to $87 million.
Warner Bros. is gearing up for its biggest LEGO video game campaign ever in the UK with the upcoming release of LEGO Marvel Super Heroes.
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes landed in North America late last month, but it won’t be available in Europe until next week. As launch approaches, Warner Bros. will be going after older gamers through social media and press advertising. Also worth mentioning, LEGO Marvel has already been featured ahead of the TV show Marvel Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Kids will be a core focus for Warner Bros. as well. The game will receive coverage in the kids press, such as front covers and competitions.
Warner Interactive’s UK sales and marketing director Spencer Crossley told MCV:
“LEGO Marvel Super Heroes is our biggest LEGO video game launch to date with continuous above-the-line and experiential support throughout the campaign.
“This game not only appeals to our traditional kids audience, but also reaches a broader and older generation of Marvel superfans. We’ve seen a considerable broadening in the demographic of the market for LEGO video games since the huge success of LEGO Batman 2 and LEGO The Lord of the Rings and with the wider and deeper appeal of the LEGO Marvel licence, we’re looking forward to appealing to a much bigger market.”
EnjoyUp Games has announced its latest title for Wii U. Rock’N Racing Off Road is heading to Nintendo’s console, the company has revealed.
EnjoyUp made the announcement through Twitter a short while ago, writing:
EnjoyUp Games announces Rock´N Racing Off Road on Nintendo WiiU™ @Dan_Adelman @indiegamescom @WiiUTweets @Kotaku pic.twitter.com/Epnk5sBc37
— EnjoyUp (@enjoyupgames) November 8, 2013
If/when we receive additional details about Rock’N Racing, we’ll have them right here.
Along with today’s screenshot, Sakurai passed along the following message on Miiverse:
We gave Marth a full makeover, giving him design elements from Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and newer games.
For those who are unaware, the above video showcases an Easter egg reference to Super Mario Bros. 2’s character selection screen.
Hori will release a pair of Dragon Quest X-themed keyboards in Japan. Both will work with the Wii U, Wii, and PC. Consumers will be able to purchase the Dragon Quest X Slime Keyboard and Dragon Quest X Metal Slime Keyboard for 3,980 and 4,980 yen respectively.
A short but sweet Nintendo segment just wrapped up on GT.TV, where Bill Trinen shared a few new details about Super Mario 3D World and The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds. You can find an overview of what was revealed in the summary below.
Super Mario 3D World
Shifty Boo Mansion
– Ghost house theme
– Team has done more with it in terms of shifting platforms, staircases
Pretty Plaza Panic
– Slightly different structure from a level standpoint
– Timer starts at 100
– Goal is to get anything you can within that time limit
– Stop watches give you additional time
– Get stars, other items
– Switch in the level designed to be activated only by Peach
Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
– Ice Ruins
– Central tower has elevators that go from top to bottom
– Going down, down down to the bottom of the level and then working your way back up
– Use the Fire Rod in the dungeon to melt blocks, etc.
– Shoots out a wave of fire
– Upgrade it further and it can almost become like a fire tornado
