DISNEY TO ACQUIRE MARVEL FOR 4 BILLION

XGC Overlord XS

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Story by KoG Darkfathom​

The Magic Kingdom will soon see an influx of immigrants, as The Walt Disney Company today announced an agreement with Marvel Entertainment to acquire the comic publisher and its stable of over 5,000 characters. The deal is valued at $4 billion in cash and Disney stock.

Both companies are established players in the gaming world. Disney Interactive Studios has been publishing game adaptations for Disney films like G-Force and Hannah Montana: The Movie and is also branching out into original properties like the upcoming racer Split/Second.

Marvel doesn't publish games itself, but it frequently licenses out its characters to a wide variety of publishers. Currently, the comics company is providing characters for new and upcoming titles from Activision (Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2), Capcom (Marvel vs. Capcom 2), Sega (Iron Man 2), and THQ (Marvel Super Hero Squad).

In a conference call with analysts today, Disney executives fielded questions about their plans for the acquisition. And while they mentioned the need to respect deals that were already in place, there were hints that Disney might look to replace Marvel's licensing partners in the future, where appropriate.

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"On the video games front, [Marvel has] some what we see as smart licensing agreements with some of the best video game manufacturers in the business," Disney president and CEO Bob Iger said. "And while we have been steadily moving in a vertically integrated direction, we don't rule out the possibility of a blend of licensed games, as well as self-produced and self-distributed. And what is nice about this is that as some of these deals near expiration, we have the luxury of at that time considering what is best for the company both from a financial perspective, from a quality perspective, and an exposure perspective."

Both companies' boards of directors have signed off on the acquisition. However, it still must be approved by Marvel shareholders and government regulators

Credits: Me, Gamespot
 

XGC PeaceMaker

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MARVEL=DISNEY

Marvel=Disney

Disney acquiring Marvel. The only thing I can say about this arranged-marriage from hell. NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

Two more things:

I guess Marvel's superheros have a new power "selling out"

Kids Santa is not real, and even superheros have a price. Reality sucks!:(
 

Mister Rinzler

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Disney isn't dumb enough to change much of the Marvel structure. And Marvel didn't really have enough capital to invest in many high end pictures at the same time.

And Disney has been doing more adult films with it's other branches, including Buena Vista Pictures, Miramax, Dimension and Touchstone.

Seems like a smart move on both sides...Marvel just needs to make sure that Disney doesn't come too far into its corporate structure and changes how they are pushing movies out.

and fyi, hannah montana would / will probably end up in SOME type of marvel movie, they would be stupid not to put her in one.... kids are gonna line up to watch it... and what will that bring in money, they couldn't care what we think, it's all about the money....

hulk.... was trash (well not the second one)
Fantastic Four.... was trash (both of them)
spider man 3.... was trash (i thought 1 and 2 was good)
wolverine origins.... was trash.... (and it really doesn't need a part 2)
x-men 3.... killed the franchise thats why they are going for a reboot....


any of you guys heard about disney buying the rights to superman?
 

edicius13HAHA

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i wonder what this means for marvel vs. capcom 3.
it wasn't announced but there has been interviews and discussions about the game and it has quite a following.

http://www.mvc3.com/
http://stars.ign.com/articles/975/975223p1.html

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i believe the capcom wants this game to come out but they were having issues with acquiring the rights for many of the marvel characters that would be in this sequel.
i wonder if the disney deal is going to hinder or help the developement of this long awaited game. for now looks like those of us who really enjoy the series are going to have to settle for mugen versions of this game

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Mister Rinzler

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good box art, but that's not even the real design and that is clearly thrown together and blended...

and last time i checked mvc (1-2) didn't have 1-4 players, nor has any other fighting game out there.. (THAT I KNOW OF)
 

edicius13HAHA

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mmmm... thats not game play for mvc3, that's mugen lol.

the website you posted, www.mvc3.com has nothing on mvc3... newest capcom cross over is this one....

http://www.mvc3.com/category/tatsunoko-vs-capcom/

and what does this have to do with disney>

"mmmmm...."i pointed out that all we have left is mugens, then i posted a mugen of mvc3 "lol"

your link looks like a fun game but what does that have to do with mvc3?

i pointed out what my post had to do with disney in my post
something about marvel rights, thanks for your attention =)
 
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