Disney has revealed that it is ready for game developers to try its vast intellectual property library.
IP library Disney, Including "Marvel", "Star Wars", 20th century, is a huge gold mine of classic and modern hits, can be used for video games. The only problem is that Disney is no longer interested in making its own games.
Instead, Media Group has adopted a licensing approach that allows interested developers and publishers to use its IP. Still, Disney IP-based games are rare and the company hopes to change that.
At the DICE Summit in Las Vegas this week, Sean Shoptaw, senior vice president of gaming and interactive experiences, said Disney wanted to "authorize" developers to use its IP directory.
"I'm here for a specific reason: to enable you to do really unique things with our (catalog)," he said.
"We want to harness the power of creativity throughout the industry."
Shoptaw is inspired by the success of recent original games based on Disney IP, such as Spider-Man and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. To date, Spider-Man has sold more than 13 million units and is rumored to be releasing a sequel next year.
"Failed Order" was also a blow to EA, surpassing the publisher's expectations, and sold 8 million copies.
He added: "We want big dreams and look forward to everything we can do together."
It's unclear whether Shoptaw's speech meant that Disney would make it easier for developers to license its IP in any way, or that the executive simply reiterated public knowledge in the development community. Currently, you can look forward to more Star Wars games from EA and Marvel Avengers from Square Enix.
