[Codehead]

Not sure where I shoulod put this, but it's been confirmed here: BBC NEWS | Business | Disney to buy Marvel in $4bn deal

With Marvel:UA 2 not far away, and Marvel's IP getting more and more exposure, this is probably a smart move by Disney. I just hope they prevent the IP getting any more scattered and don't sell the brand out.

[Zzebedee]

I don't think it'll be too bad for the games side of things, aside from wolverine which was pretty good and marvel UA there aren't any games in recent memory which were worth being bothered about. When existing licenses are expired, future games will probably be published by disney games

My main concern is for the film side of things, marvel films were taking back all their licenced characters in house to try and build a cohesive universe using top talent, iron man was the first one and that worked well and apparently the sequel will more or less lead into an avengers movie (as will the upcoming captain america and thor films presumably), maybe even ed norton will show up as bruce banner / hulk. Disney don't have a history of treating their properties with much respect - hence dozens of crappy straight to dvd sequels to their hit cinematic films.

Then again, being bought by disney hasn't hurt pixar so far so if marvel are left to their own devices and just get help where needed from disney then it could work out well.

[pixelpixel]

hannah montana in a cat suit No thanks.

High school spiderman.

Xmen on ice

You know its going to happen

[BenchyUK]

With Video games, things will stay as they are.

With everything else, they will probably leave all the franchises as they are but just expand it's appeal and cash in on it. Disney are clever, they know what makes money and are not going to kill Marvel.

Was a shock though when i go to work at Disney this afternoon and get the memo

[Codehead]

Some more detail and reaction at x360a: Xbox360Achievements.org - Disney Acquires Marvel Entertainment and the Effect on Marvel-Based Video Games

The Activision contract for Marvel games runs till 2017 and will continue.

[EEC3]

On the plus side, when I'm getting dragged round the Disney Shop by my girls looking for High School Musical guff, there will be some cool Iron Man toys to look at

[Stream62]

I'm worried that Disney could make Marvel too family friendly but we will have to wait and see, Reading in other places they seem to have left some franchises to themselves quite well.
There's also a thread about this on general chat.

[lentini]

Originally Posted by pixelpixel

hannah montana in a cat suit No thanks.

[UnGreat]

Next Kingdom Hearts should be interesting.