I can’t believe we are already in the last few weeks of 2017, where did the year go? If you had been on the fence about picking up a tee shirt this is the last chance to catch a sale before the end of the year. All tees in the store are just $14 so hurry over and pick out your favorites. The following are some of the biggest shirts from throughout the year!
Pirates of the Caribbean Online shut down for good back in 2013, but thanks to a passionate team of fans, the game now lives on in the form of The Legend of Pirates Online.
This recreation of Disney’s now defunct massively multiplayer online game is nearly a hundred percent faithful to the old one, which originally launched in 2007. People who grew up on Disney Channel during the era of The Sweet Life of Zack & Cody might remember Disney pushing this game like crazy during commercial breaks.
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Pirates of the Caribbean Online was essentially like World of Warcraft, but for younger audiences and with a popular Disney IP attached. It’s honestly a pretty competent free MMO, and despite looking like a PS2 reject, the gameplay holds up pretty well.
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Like all things Disney and video games related, it’s life was short lived (RIP Disney Infinity) but it’s really cool that people can now go back and indulge in some mid-2000s Disney nostalgia. Remember when there was a High School Musical daytime parade at Disney-MGM Studios?
The game doesn’t run perfectly. It’s technically in beta at the moment, and there’s a much smaller team working to keep this thing up and running compared to when the old game was around. I had a little trouble staying connected at first, as the game would occasionally crash during ship battles, but it’s definitely worth downloading and giving a try. The game is constantly being worked on, so updates are on the way.
Here is a link to the game’s website if you’re interested in giving it a try. It’s available for Windows and Mac.
Disney has re-laucnhed their mobile game Disney Magical Dice, now known as Disney Magical Dice: The Enchanted Board Game, and it’s out now on the iOS and Android app stores.
Play by yourself or with up to four players total across three different game boards, including Fantasyland, Mickey and Friends, and Frozen. Choose from over 30 figures that represent some of Disney’s most iconic characters, and make your way around the board while buying as many properties as possible (no, this game is not based on Bob Iger and his time as the CEO of The Walt Disney Company).
To celebrate the re-launch play now through September 7 (yeah, 7) to receive special characters, as well as in-game currency. The more times you play with friends, the more you’ll earn. The more you level up, the more items you’ll unlock.
Take a look at the slideshow below to get an idea of some of the game’s key rules and mechanics.
It’s been over a year since the cancellation of Disney Infinity, and we are still getting information about the game’s scrapped future plans.
This time we have actual gameplay footage of the unfinished Moana Playset, thanks to YouTuber Infiniteer Adventures.
In this video, we actually get to see Maui in fully realized environments, platforming, interacting with items, and of course using his iconic hook. The footage shown in the video technically shows an early prototype, though the visuals and lightning look like some of the best we’ve seen in a Disney Infinity Playset.
Infiniteer Adventures plans to release more footage from the Moana Playset in the coming days, so hopefully we will get a look at even more characters, as well as additional gameplay elements that would have been featured in the Playset.
During Gamescom this weekend, EA released the first gameplay trailer for the new Starfighter Assault mode coming to Star Wars Battlefront II.
The trailer shows off numerous locations that players will have the chance to experience, like Endor, Fondor, Ryloth, and Kamino. Ship controls have been vastly improved in the new game, and new features like a class-based team play will help to diversify battle scenarios.
In addition to the trailer, EA held a livestream to show off the new mode in action. Check out this full match that IGN recorded for a deeper look at the new space combat mode.
Star Wars Battlefront II will be released on November 17 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
Two Disney games that were seemingly stuck forever on the original Kinect for Xbox 360 are now being brought over and upgraded for the Xbox One.
Disneyland Adventures and Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure will both be making their way to Xbox One on October 31, with a slew of updates.
Both games now support 4K resolution (for Xbox One X owners), HD, and HDR. Perhaps the biggest news though, is that now players can opt for traditional controls in place of the Kinect motion controls.
This addresses the major criticism of both these titles, which was the unresponsive motion controls. With a more traditional method of playing, these games can now shine and offer a unique and more broad appeal for fans looking to get their Disney gaming fix.
Both games will be sold for $30 each and feature new content, though Microsoft hasn’t specified just what that new content is.
Telltale announced the release date of the next episode in the Telltale Guardians of the Galaxy series. More Than a Feeling, episode three of five, will be available on August 22.
The announcement was made during the Marvel Games panel at San Diego Comic-Con, where Marvel confirmed that the latest episode would focus its story on Gamora.
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series started in April with the release of Tangled Up in Blue, which featured Star Lord’s story. In June Under Pressure released, telling the story of Rocket Raccoon. With More Than a Feeling on the way, the Telltale Guardians of the Galaxy series is already more than halfway over.
Guardians of the Galaxy is available on pretty much every platform, and episode three will probably cost the usual $5 per episode, or be included in the season pass.
Junction Point was shut down by Disney after the commercial failure of Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, but the studio had many other concepts in development that never saw the light of day.
Project Goliath was one of those concepts. It was an ambitious project conceived from a group of eager college students. The game would have been one of Junction Points’ next projects had it not been for the company’s demise.
Following the release of the first Epic Mickey, games industry legend Warren Spector wanted to give the Epic Mickey series another go, due to his frustration with the game’s critical reception missing his personal expectations. Given the commercial success of the first game, Disney gave the team the green light to develop a sequel.
Meanwhile, a fresh team of college students was working on a new passion project, codenamed Project Goliath. The game was set to tell the story of a biogenetically enhanced gorilla named Tarek, and his human friend Ky. Project Goliath took inspiration from popular platformers like Ratchet and Clank, Jak and Daxter, and Banjo-Kazooie. Junction Point also aimed to bring an open scope to the game akin to Shadow of the Colossus, which at the time was uncommon, especially for platform adventure games.
After Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two released in 2012, Disney abruptly shuttered Junction Point due to the disappointing sales of the sequel, and the fact that Avalanche Software was already hard at work on the Disney Infinity series. Junction Point attempted to salvage the company by pitching ideas like an Epic Mickey-esqe Donald Duck game, and a Disney kart racer, but it was too late, and Project Goliath never got its chance to be pitched to Disney.
Not only that, but the team at Junction Point was later forced to remove themselves from the concept art created for the game, after it was discovered that one of the key artists had plagiarized some of the artwork for the game. For fear of being blacklisted, the team behind Project Goliath had to disassociate with the concept altogether.
For a more in-depth look behind the tragic story of Project Goliath, take a look at Unseen64‘s latest video below.
EA has announced that the Star Wars: Battlefront II beta is coming this October for everyone to partake in, and those that pre-order the game will receive access to the beta a few days earlier.
The beta will offer two modes, Galactic Assault and Starfighter Assault. In Galactic Assault, players will get to chose from four distinct trooper classes and fight in massive 40 player battles. The playable map for this mode in the beta will be Theed, the map from Naboo that we saw during E3 last month.
In Starfighter Assault players will control various air vehicles from the original Star War movies and partake in mission-based, progressive battles. Unfortunately, that’s all we know for now, but EA promises to share more details on this mode in August during Gamescom in Germany.
The beta will run from October 6-9 for everyone, but if you pre-order the game, you’ll gain early access and get to play from October 4-9. If you’re interested in pre-ordering the game, here is a pre-order trailer (because those exist now) that offers a glimpse of what incentives pre-oderers can looks forward to.
Disney’s popular strategy mobile game, Pirates of the Caribbean: Tides of War just received a major update that brings the Flying Dutchman and much more to the game.
A new story mission, “Return of the Flying Dutchman,” has been added to the game and features new ships, characters, and events that pull from the iconic film franchise. Like the Black Pearl, players can use the Flying Dutchman for plundering, pillaging, and all other things pirates are known for. After completing the new story mission, players will gain full access to the new ship and be able to journey alongside famous pirates like Davy Jones, Will Turner, and Elizabeth Swann.
The update also brings higher tier common ships, pirates, and new max level caps. Crafting XP will now be awarded for each accessory or piece of armor that is crafted.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Tides of War is free-to-doanload and available now on iOS and Android.
