Disney Interactive Studios is getting serious. They spent $4 billion on Marvel last week, and now they’ve brought Bungie co-founder Alex Seropian on-board. With Seripian comes his whole development studio, Wideload Games. How much money does Disney have?
“We’re really trying to be a magnet in this industry for talent, as we are in so many other parts of the entertainment world,” Graham Hopper, GM of Disney Interactive Studios, told CNBC. “It really is about building a team that can win.”
The folks at Edge say that Disney has about 1,200 people working on games, but they’re looking to triple that figure now. According to Hopper, they’re looking to build up, release new IPs, and eventually become a major player in the market. With these recent developments, I’d say that they’re well on their way.
