Disney Interactive Studios: History and Key Facts

Disney Interactive Studios, Inc. was an American video game developer and publisher owned by the Walt Disney Company through Disney Interactive. Prior to its closure in 2016, it developed and distributed multi-platform video games and interactive entertainment worldwide.

Most of the games released by Disney Interactive Studios were typically tie-in products to existing character franchises. On May 10, 2016, as a result of the discontinuation of its Disney Infinity series, Disney shut down Disney Interactive Studios, and exited the first-party home console game development business in order to focus on third-party development of home console video games through other developers. However, it continued to release games for iOS and Android mobile devices under its own label, Disney Mobile, and later revived the Marvel Games and Lucasfilm Games labels for licensing of third-party developed games based on Marvel and Lucasfilm properties respectively until Epic Games received a $1.5 billion investment from the Walt Disney Company on February 7, 2024.

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