Like many movie-based games, Disney Pixar’s Brave video game borrows most of its situations from its big-screen brother, and as is the case with Disney tie-ins in particular, it’s tempting to think the game’s designed solely for kids. Well, I’m an adult, I saw the movie, and I enjoyed the game. In fact, I was curious if the fact that I had seen the Brave movie would help me at all or sway me one way or another as to its quality of gameplay. As it turns out, you don’t need to see the movie to understand the game, … [Read more...]
First Gameplay Trailer for Kinect Rush: A Disney*Pixar Adventure
To go with today's unveiling of Kinect Rush: A Disney*Pixar Adventure, Microsoft released the first video trailer for the upcoming Xbox-exclusive game. Based on this video, which you can watch below, the Disney*Pixar game appears to play similarly to Kinect Disneyland Adventures, but with Pixar-themed characters rather than Disney Parks-themed characters. Kinect Rush: A Disney*Pixar Adventure will see players interacting with characters from five Pixar movies -- The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Up!, Cars and Toy Story … [Read more...]
Kinect Rush: A Disney*Pixar Adventure Coming to Xbox 360 in March
Disney and Microsoft are hitting the family-friendly segment hard, as the two companies today announced a new Disney*Pixar game that will release in March on the Xbox Kinect. Called "Kinect Rush: A Disney*Pixar Adventure," the game will release exclusively on Xbox 360 on March 20, 2012. You can watch the first Kinect Rush game trailer here. In Kinect Rush: A Disney*Pixar Adventure, gamers will team up with characters from five Pixar movies: The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Up!, Cars and Toy Story. Playing with … [Read more...]
More Disney and Pixar Films Coming to 3D in Theaters in 2012, 2013
The Lion King took a huge bite out of the box office upon its 3D release last month, so Disney today announced plans to bring back several other Disney and Disney*Pixar films back to the theater in full 3D. The additional films won't hit until 2012 and 2013, but the theatrical announcement can also be interpreted as harbingers of upcoming Blu-ray 3D releases. For instance, The Lion King's 3D theatrical release preceded the film's Blu-ray 3D release by only a few weeks. The following titles from Walt Disney and Pixar … [Read more...]
Toy Story Trilogy Coming to Blu-ray 3D on Nov. 1
The original Toy Story, Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3 are all slated to release on Blu-ray 3D, Disney announced today, with a release date for all three of November 1. This release marks the first time the Toy Story trilogy will have been available in the Blu-ray 3D format. If you're looking for all three films in a single Blu-ray 3D package, Disney will release a combination pack that includes the Blu-ray 3D version of each film for $100. If you use the following Amazon link, though, you can get a killer discount ($68 … [Read more...]