Tag: Disney
News Disney Dreamlight Valley Will No Longer Be Free-To-Play When It Leaves Early Access In December
Will stay paid "for the foreseeable future"
After being in early access for the past year, Gameloft has today revealed that Disney Dreamlight Valley will be officially launching on 5th December. There is one small change to the proceedings, however, as the publisher announced that the title will "will not make the transition to be a free-to-play...
News Disney Dreamlight Valley Dev Shares Update About "Cozy Edition" Launch
Includes some "slight delays"
Back in August, it was revealed the free-to-play title Disney Dreamlight Valley would be receiving a physical release on all platforms including the Nintendo Switch. The development team has now issued an update on its social channels, revealing how there have been some "slight delays" to the release timing of the...
Guide Best Disney Nintendo Switch Games
When you Switch upon a star
On 16th October 2023, Disney celebrated its 100-year anniversary, and in the handful of decades since video games have existed in the home, there have been hundreds of adaptations of animated Disney classics or totally original tales to come to consoles. Some have genuinely captured the magic of the mouse and co., while...
Review Gargoyles Remastered - One For Cult Disney Die-Hards Only
"We are defenders of the night! We are Gargoyles!"
Back in the mid-to-late '90s, Disney produced a cartoon called Gargoyles that stood out quite a bit from other shows in the animated landscape. Featuring a serialized storytelling format, rich lore, and a rather dark tone, it quickly gained a cult following across its run, though it never garnered a...
News Disney Boss Reportedly Being Urged To Acquire A Major Game Publisher
To become a "gaming giant"
Disney executives are reportedly encouraging CEO Bob Iger to consider expanding Disney from a "gaming license" to a "gaming giant". In a report published by Bloomberg (via VGC), it seems that all is not happy at the House of Mouse, with reports of discontent following comm
Reminder Disney Speedstorm Is Finally Free-To-Play On Switch
Launching alongside the Season 4 update
After months of "early access", Gameloft has finally made Disney Speedstorm available as a free-to-play racer on the Switch and multiple other platforms. Alongside this update, Speedstorm is launching its fourth season inspired by the series Aladdin. It adds new racers, a new track, and new crew members. This...
News Disney Speedstorm's Aladdin-Inspired Season Moves Off The Start Line Next Week
Unbelievable sights, indescribable feeling
Just as Disney Speedstorm prepares to leave early access and speed into the free-to-play realm next week, publisher Gameloft has today announced that it will be marking the occasion with the start of a new Aladdin-themed season on 28th September. Much like the previous Lilo and Stitch-inspired chapter, the...
News Disney Dreamlight Valley's 'Enchanted Adventure' Drops Tomorrow, Here Are The Patch Notes
The best and the beautiful
Disney Dreamlight Valley's next big update lands tomorrow, 13th September, and Gameloft has shared the full patch notes ahead of the update: Enchanted Adventure. The Valley will welcome Beauty and the Beast's very own Belle and Beast, complete with a new Realm door, a Halloween-themed Star Path, new shop items, new...
News Disney's Gargoyles Remastered Brings Sega Genesis Classic To Switch This October
The age of Gargoyles returns
Disney has announced that the remaster of the 16-bit favourite Gargoyles will be launching on Switch on 19th October. Gargoyles Remastered, developed by Empty Clip Studios, was announced last September and we've heard nothing about it until now. But a brand new trailer confirmed that the game is coming very soon —...
News Belle And Beast Will Be Your Guests In Disney Dreamlight Valley's Next Update
Just a little change, small to say the least
Believe it or not, Disney Dreamlight Valley is celebrating its one-year anniversary and to mark the occasion, two familiar faces will be your guest, as Belle and Beast are sauntering into the game with the next update. The classic pair will enter the Valley as a part of the upcoming 'Enchanted Adventure'...
News Disney Dreamlight Valley's "Cozy" Physical Edition Is Just A Download Code
Available this October
Ahead of the free-to-play launch of Disney Dreamlight Valley later this year, it's been revealed the life simulation adventure game starring Mickey Mouse and friends will be getting a $50 physical release on all platforms including the Nintendo Switch. Unfortunately, you won't actually get a cartridge with this version of the...
News Disney Speedstorm's "Lilo & Stitch Inspired" Season 3 Is Out Now
Minnie Mouse & Daisy Duck hit the track mid-season
Update #2 [Wed 2nd Aug, 2023 02:45 BST]: Disney Speedstorm Season 3 is now officially live. It adds a total of 5 new racers including Lilo, Stitch, Jumba, Captain Gantu and Angel. There's also the new 'Island Paradise' race track and players can look forward to the mid season racers including...
News Disney Dreamlight Valley Giving Out Freebie To Celebrate 'DreamSnaps Update'
Receive a "free item bundle"
The life simulation adventure game Disney Dreamlight Valley got its new 'DreamSnaps Update' last week and as part of this, there's now a new weekly challenge. To help inspire players, developer Gameloft is offering everyone a free item bundle containing a Light Blue Ice Cream Stand, Minimalist Surfboards, and a...
Round Up The Reviews Are In For Disney Illusion Island
What did the critics think?
This week marks the release of Disney Illusion Island on the Nintendo Switch. It's a brand-new 2D platformer with Metroidvania design - starring Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy. It also happens to include both solo and co-op play where you work together to "run, jump, swim, and swing your way to...
Review Disney Illusion Island - Mickey Mouse's Metroidvania Is Magical
Hot dog!
Back in the days of the Sega Genesis, Disney games like Castle of Illusion and World of Illusion offered some of the best platforming action you could get your hands on that didn’t involve a very fast blue mammal. However, the Illusion series never continued beyond that console generation, and though Disney Illusion Island is technically...
News Disney Dreamlight Valley 'DreamSnaps Update' Available Now On Switch
Say hello to Vanellope from Wreck-It Ralph
Update #2 [Thu 20th Jul, 2023 02:05 BST]: The Disney Dreamlight Valley update is now live on all platforms including the Nintendo Switch. Alongside this update Gameloft has released a brand new trailer showcasing all the new content in this latest version of the game. See it above. Update #1 [Tue 18th...
Video Disney Illusion Island's Creative Director Discusses Art Style, Inspirations And More
Mouse in the house
We are rapidly approaching the release of Disney Illusion Island in just a few weeks on 28th July, and we grow more intrigued by the combat-free metroidvania by the day. At this year's Summer Games Fest, two of our wonderful team (video producer Zion and staff writer Ollie) were lucky enough to go hands-on with the game and have a...
News Disney Remastering Sega Genesis Platformer Gargoyles, Switch Release Confirmed
Update: LRG physical release coming "this fall"
Update [Thu 13th Jul, 2023 04:55 BST]: A Switch release of the Gargoyles Remastered has now been officially confirmed. Additionally, Limited Run Games will be handling the physical release. It's due this fall, and a proper reveal is coming "later this year". Original article [Sat 10th Sep, 2022...
News Disney Speedstorm Goes Free-To-Play On Switch This September
The Early Access period is ending!
Disney Speedstorm made its "early access" debut on the Nintendo Switch back in April, but soon it will become accessible to everyone. Developer Gameloft recently announced on social media it would be lifting this exclusive paid period and making it a proper free-to-play experience for consoles and PC on 28th...
Guide Disney Dreamlight Valley: Walkthrough, Quests, All Recipes, Tips, And Tricks
Everything you need to make your dreams come true
Updated with select guides for the latest Remembering Update. Disney Dreamlight Valley is a life sim game featuring a large number of characters from across the Disney universe. It launched in 2022 and has received regular updates ever since, with new characters, quests, and mechanics being added...
Guide Disney Dreamlight Valley: How To Complete Olaf's Great Blizzard Quest, Gem Order
Oh no! There's too much snow!
After one of Disney Dreamlight Valley's updates, you may have noticed that the Frosted Heights area of the map is very... blizzardy. You can't see further than an inch past your nose... which makes decorating and foraging very difficult. How do you complete the quest that makes the blizzard go away? How do you unlock...
Guide Disney Dreamlight Valley: How To Extinguish The Green Fires In The Forgotten Lands
Pesky fires
With Disney Dreamlight Valley's Fairy Godmother update, finally we can put out the unsightly green fires in the Forgotten Lands (and, more importantly, get the treasures hidden beneath them). All it takes to get the green-fire-removing skill is a little help from a couple of magic users... How to Extinguish the Green Fires in the...
Guide Disney Dreamlight Valley: Where To Find The Rotten Carrot, Rotten Tomato, And Rotten Clams
Mmmm, rotten food
In Disney Dreamlight Valley's Miracles Take Time Quest, there's a quest-within-a-quest that requires you to collect ingredients for a Nasty Bouillabaisse. Here's where to find the Rotten Carrot, Rotten Tomato, And Rotten Clams! Where To Find The Rotten Ingredients Rotten Tomato The Rotten Tomato has fallen out of a barrel near...
Guide Disney Dreamlight Valley: How To Unlock The Fairy Godmother
Bibbidy-Bobbity etc!
Disney Dreamlight Valley has finally given us an answer to the age-old question: Who lives in that weird pumpkin house? As many of us guessed, it's the Fairy Godmother, big fan of pumpkins, apparently. But just how do you actually unlock her in the game? How To Unlock The Fairy Godmother Complete the Main Quest (so...
Guide Disney Dreamlight Valley: How To Complete The Memories In The Fairy Godmother's Quest
Get ready for sad story time!
Unlocking the Fairy Godmother requires doing a quest first, and that quest requires reliving some unpleasant memories for you and The Forgotten. Here's how to complete every single one of the three memories within the Miracles Take Time quest. How To Complete The Memories In The Fairy Godmother's Quest: Once you've...
Guide Disney Dreamlight Valley: Where To Plant The Night Thorn Seeds In Scar's Memory
Time to cause problems on purpose
Disney Dreamlight Valley's Miracles Take Time quest takes you through a bunch of painful memories, the last of which is one with Scar manipulating you into doing Bad Things. One of those things is — gasp! — planting Night Thorns?! But where do the Night Thorns go, and how do you make them grow? Here are our...
News Disney Speedstorm's Toy Story Season Adds New Racers, Tracks And Game Modes
There's a snake in my boot!
Gameloft has just unveiled the next season in Disney Speedstorm, titled "To Infinity and Beyond". If that wasn't enough of a giveaway, this one is set to be all about Toy Story, and the new features are available right now. Chief among the additions this time around is the new racers. Woody, Buzz, Jessie and Bo Peep are...
Hands On Disney Illusion Island Is A Spectacular Platforming Surprise
We're not taking the Mickey
Sitting down with Dlala Games’ (Battletoads) CEO AJ Grand-Scrutton at Summer Game Fest to play Disney’s Illusion Island, there’s an immediate sense that this might well be the developer’s most accomplished title yet. We spent 30 minutes playing a solid chunk of the game ahead of its launch on July 28th, 2023, and...
News Disney Dreamlight Valley Gets A New Update, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
The Remembering Update arrives
Update [Thu 8th Jun, 2023 01:25 BST]: Here's your reminder that this update for Disney Dreamlight Valley is now live. So you can now check out "The Remembering" update. Enjoy! <products id="24872,24873"> Original article [Wed 7th Jun, 2023 02:00 BST]: The Disney Dreamlight Valley development team said it...
News Disney Dreamlight Valley Reveals "Updated 2023 Content Roadmap"
Expect multiple updates
Disney Dreamlight Valley is a constantly expanding live service experience, so what's planned for the remainder of 2023? If you have been wondering what the future holds, developer Gameloft has now shared an updated road map - covering the second half of the year. Kicking off in early June there'll be Update 5: The...
News Disney Dreamlight Valley Shares Sneak Peek Of Update 5 And A New Item
You can stand under my umbrella
Gameloft is still going strong with content updates for its lifestyle sim adventure game Disney Dreamlight Valley and ahead of the game's fifth major update, the company has teased a new must-have item for rainy days. Yep, you guessed right - it's umbrellas! The official socials for the game have shared a brief...
News Disney Speedstorm Dev Apologises To Users Who Can't Download The Game
"We're looking forward to all of you being able to play"
The "early access" period for Disney Speedstorm is now live, but it seems there are already some launch issues. According to an update on social media shared by the official game account, there's an issue preventing "some players" who pre-ordered this version from downloading the title. So,...
Review Disney Speedstorm - Great Courses And Characters, But Stutters On Switch
Super karting, quite artistic, FPS atrocious
It’s hard to review a game when it has something that doesn’t bother some players but is considered a dealbreaker for others. Disney Speedstorm is a particularly tricky course to navigate, then, because it has two of them. Let’s get this out of the way first, then, so as to not waste some...
News Disney's Upcoming Free-To-Play Racer Unveils A New Playable Character
"Figment joins the race"
Ahead of the Disney Speedstorm early access launch next week on 18th April, Gameloft has revealed another new playable character for the free-to-play licensed racer. This time it is Figment - the mascot of the "Imagination!" pavillion at Walt Disney World Resort's Epcot theme park. Speedstorm's founder's pack is...
News Disney Dreamlight Valley Survey Hints At Potential Future Characters And Star Paths
What's This!?
Disney Dreamlight Valley is currently asking players for feedback via a survey, which Gameloft has shared on Twitter. The survey, which will take around 10-15 minutes, asks a range of questions on player experiences and what they enjoy most about the game. But it also wants to know what fans want to see in the future — including...
News Disney Illusion Island Pays "Homage" To Castle Of Illusion, Says Creative Director
"We always kind of viewed this as our spiritual successor"
In July, Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and Goofy will be gracing our Switch screen in the gorgeous-looking platformer Disney Illusion Island. And yesterday, some of the press got an extended look at the game, which is shaping up to be a lovely little title by the looks of things. In an interview...
Guide Disney Dreamlight Valley: Pride Of The Valley Update Release Date And Contents
Hear us roar
Disney Dreamlight Valley is bringing in more content from The Lion King with its next new update — Pride of the Valley The April update was teased way back at the beginning of the year, and we got a brief sneak peek at it during the February 2023 Nintendo Direct, but now we know when it's coming, and what to expect from this year's...
News Disney Dreamlight Valley 'Pride Of The Valley' Patch Notes Out, Here's What's Included
It just can't wait to be king (or queen)
Gameloft revealed that Disney Dreamlight Valley's next big update will drop on 5th April, but now we have a name and some patch notes to go with this week's content update. Shared on the official website, Pride of the Valley will be available from this Wednesday and with it comes The Lion King Realm, new...
News Disney Dreamlight Valley's Next Major Content Update Drops Next Week
Hakuna matata!
Content Update 4 is coming to Disney Dreamlight Valley on 5th April — just in time for that long Easter weekend for some of us, then. While we don't have all of the specifics for the April Update, which was teased back in January as part of Gameloft's roadmap for 2023, we do know that The Lion King's Simba will be a big part of it...
News Disney Speedstorm Revs Up For Release With Founder's Pack Trailer
A race worth fighting for?
Gameloft's Disney Speedstorm races into early access on 18th April on Switch, and we've got a trailer that breaks down the game's Founder's Pack. The live service racer has three different tiers that you can kick off the racing with from its early access launch next month, and each one will give you access to additional...
News Disney Speedstorm Reveals New Competitive Mode "Regulated Multiplayer"
"Pure racing skill will decide the outcome of the race"
Kart racers can be fun, but sometimes they're just plain unfair when you're outplayed by some higher-tier opponent or item you can't even defend yourself against. Disney Speedstorm aims to give racers a more even playing field with a new mode called "regulated multiplayer". In an update via...
News Disney Speedstorm "Early Access" Launches On Switch This April
Racing ahead
After a delay in December last year, Disney Speedstorm is finally back on track with a release date. This new licensed racer will now be launching in "early access" on the Switch on 18th April. If you would like to join in on the fun early, you can pre-order the standard founder's pack for $29.99 USD or you can get the deluxe or...
News Disney Dreamlight Valley Gets Another Update, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Download it today
After a massive update for Disney Dreamlight Valley last week, Gameloft has now updated the game (again) - this time with a hotfix patch. The team has received some useful feedback from the community which has allowed it to squash certain pesky bugs featured in the update and keep everything moving along in the Valley. Here's the...
News Disney Dreamlight Valley Gets Another Update Early Next Week
Here's what you can expect
Following the massive new update for Disney Dreamlight Valley last week - adding the Festival of Friendship update, Gameloft is now preparing another one. This next one comes in the form of a hotfix - addressing some notable bugs based on community feedback. Here are just some of the fixes players can expect: Quests no...
News Disney Dreamlight Valley Gets A Massive New Update, Patch Notes Detailed
New content, new features & more
We got a teaser of the next Disney Dreamlight Valley patch last week and now Gameloft has released the full patch notes ahead of the 16th February launch. Players can expect new features and content including the Festival of Friendship update. This comes with the new characters Olaf and Mirabel and much more...
News Limitless Coal Is Finally Returning To Disney Dreamlight Valley
In the next update
Big news for cooking fans in Disney Dreamlight Valley. Gameloft has said that one of the most popular features — limitless coal — is returning to Kristoff's Stall in the next update, which drops on 16th February. Coal is used for cooking, and it's normally hard to get high quantities of this, so it'll be a huge help for those...
News Derezz And Detect In Bithell Games' TRON: Identity, Out On Switch In April
Clu us in
Remember when TRON was just a cult hit Disney movie from the '80s? We probably have Kingdom Hearts II and TRON: Legacy to thank for its revival (we know there's been lots of small TRON projects over the years, though). Now, we're getting a brand new game set in the TRON universe on 11th April in the form of TRON: Identity. Previously...
News Disney Illusion Island Brings Mickey Mouse And Friends To Switch In July
Gawrsh
Disney Illusion Island is launching on 28th july 2023 on Switch! The release date was revealed during the February 2023 Nintendo Direct, and you'll be able to play with three other friends in four-player co-op action. Plus, healing with hugs? Healing with hugs. Perfect. The platformer, which was announced last year, is a Switch exclusive and...
And which version should you pick?
So, you want to buy Disney Dreamlight Valley. Maybe you've been waiting until your favourite character gets added, or maybe you've been slowly worn down by the marketing and the updates for the game. Either way, you're here, and you're wondering what the differences are between the three versions available on the...
Guide Disney Dreamlight Valley: Festival Of Friendship Update Release Date And Contents
Sentient snowmen and sentient houses
There are a ton of changes and new things in the latest Disney Dreamlight Valley update, including new characters, new features, and quality-of-life updates. We're still finding out all the new content that has been added to the game in the February update, so be patient as we discover more! Let's get to know...