Disney announced that henceforth Buena Vista Games will be known as Disney Interactive Studios reflecting a change in creativity, the weight of Disney content in their portfolio, and the enormous value consumers see in the Disney brand. DIS will publish both Disney and non-Disney branded video games for all platforms worldwide under the company's consumer brands including Disney, ABC and Touchstone.

Buena Vista Games announced the formation of a new video game development studio. Based in Salt Lake City, Fall Line Studio’s focus is to develop games based on Disney’s characters, television shows and entertainment franchises as well as creating new intellectual property for the NDS and Wii.

Buena Vista Games announced an agreement to license Emergent's Gamebryo Element game engine and toolset for use in developing multiple, yet unannounced, next-generation BVG titles for the PS3 and Xbox 360.

Buena Vista Games today announced the acquisition of the award-winning Climax Racing from Climax Group. The studio is of both strategic and geographic importance to BVG as it becomes the third internal studio, and the first in Europe, that BVG has added to its development capacity.

Buena Vista Games today announced its largest and most diverse lineup of console, computer and handheld video game titles to be showcased at the E3 in Los Angeles. Highlights include Turok, Desperate Housewives: The Game, and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow, but read more for further details.

Buena Vista Games today announced two key executive hires to help manage the company's growing video game development and publishing business worldwide. Filling the newly created positions are Raj Murari, vice president, strategic development and integration, and Mark Meyers, vice president, internal studios.

Check out the following new screens from Buena Vista's 2005 E3 lineup:

• 'Chicken Little' (GBA/NGC/PS2/Xbox) - Screens
• 'Cinderella: Magical Dreams ' (GBA) - Screens
• 'Disney's Lizzie McGuire & That's So Raven' (NDS) - Screens
• 'Herbie Fully Loaded' (GBA) - Screens
• 'Kim Possible: Kimmunicator' (NDS) - Screens
• 'Kim Possible 3: Team Possible' (GBA) - Screens
• 'Kingdom Hearts II' (PS2) - Screens
• 'Lizzie McGuire 3: Homecoming Havoc' (GBA) - Screens
• 'The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge' (PS2/Xbox) - Screens
• 'That's So Raven 2: Supernatural Style' (GBA) - Screens

Buena Vista Games announced today that Classic Media, Inc. has awarded BVG the video game publishing rights to the comicbook property, Turok. The new Turok games will target the core gamer audience and will be developed by BVG's new Vancouver studio, Propaganda Games, and are scheduled for multiple console and handheld game platforms, including the next generation successors.

Buena Vista today announced a distribution deal with Tokyo-based D3 Publisher to release multiple BVG games in Japan. Titles will include The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe; Disney's Chicken Little; Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas; Kim Possible; and Lilo & Stitch.

Buena Vista Games announced today that effective from Summer 2005, it will become a multi-platform publisher launching a portfolio of high profile video games in the UK, Germany and France. BVG will extend its current portfolio of kids- and family-focused titles to a wider audience, to include 'tween, teen and core gamers.

Buena Vista Games today announced two major business deals to strengthen the company's internal game development capabilities and further its goals of becoming a top tier publisher of handheld and console games. The deals include the acquisition of acclaimed Salt Lake City-based video game developer, Avalanche Software LC and the establishment of a start-up development studio in Vancouver, Canada, led by former Electronic Arts Canada senior development and business staff.

Today we have more screens for Buena Vista's 2004 E3 lineup. Check the new screens for :

• The Incredibles (NGC/PS2/Xbox)
• The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King (GBA)
• TRON 2.0: Killer App (GBA/Xbox)
• Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (GBA)
• Kingdom Hearts II (PS2)
• Disney's Lilo & Stitch 2 (GBA)
• Disney's That's So Raven (GBA)
• Disney's Kim Possible 2: Drakken's Demise (GBA)

THQ today announced a multi-title Nintendo Game Boy Advance publishing agreement with Disney's Buena Vista Games, Inc., the interactive entertainment arm of The Walt Disney Company's Consumer Products business unit. THQ will publish six games, based on popular Disney movie and TV properties, including Disney's Piglet's BIG Game, Disney's The Lion King, Disney's Brother Bear, Disney's Kim Possible Revenge of Monkey Fist, Disney's Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over and Disney's Lizzie McGuire.

The games will be released over a six-month period beginning with Disney's Piglet's Big Game in fall 2003.

As the days roll by we are catching up on more and more material that made it to our E3 collection bag. Today we have some goodies from Buena Vista, featured titles are:

• Pirates Of The Carribean (PC/Xbox)
• Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (PC/GBA)
• Tron 2.0
• Disney's Magical Quest 2 (GBA)
  
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Buena Vista Games, Inc., the global interactive entertainment arm of The Walt Disney Company, today announced its new line-up of exciting PC and video game titles designed to rivet players of all ages to their gaming devices at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). Leading the portfolio is the much-awaited TRON 2.0 for PC. The game's new high-speed multiplayer light cycle racing feature is debuting on the show floor at the company's booth, number 924, South Hall.