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Disney Infinity starter packs have been priced. Each contains the game, three figures and Play Sets and will run $74.99 in the US. The starter contains Pirates of the Caribbean’s Jack Sparrow, The Incredibles’ Mr Incredible, and Sully of Monsters University. Each set of figurines, as noted yesterday, will come with its own playset linked to the character. These will run $34.99, and Power Disc bundles start at $4.99. Pricing in the UK has the starter packs running £64.99, and £12.99 for characters (thanks, Nickk900). Via Joystiq.

Disney Infinity has a lot of parallels with Skylanders, Activision’s goldmine “toys to life” debut, but the publisher doesn’t seem too worried about its new competitor.

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Disney announced Disney Infinity today, after many a rumor popped up over the last few months, as a multiplatform title featuring Pixar and Disney characters running around the place.

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Disney has teamed up with Nantworks and JAKKs to launch a new line of augmented reality-enabled toys.

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Disney may have decided to focus on mobile and social games instead of console and PC release, but that hasn’t stopped the firm from filing a patent for a handheld gaming device.

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Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX will release in Japan in March 14, according to Gematsu. The PlayStation 3 exclusive bundles together the original Kingdom Hearts with a couple of portable spin-offs set before Kingdom Hearts 2, with a bit of a visual brush up and even a little “reward” for those who complete the full game. Still no word on a western release, but feel free to browse the Japanese website here.

Disney Infinity only escaped the realm of rumour this week, but already an alleged leak has given us a good idea of what the game actually is.

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US sites have reported receiving invites from Disney Interactive today, ahead of a major reveal next month.

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Ron Gilbert has said he will contact Disney “at some point” regarding regaining rights to the Monkey Island franchise.

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StudioEx, which is still to launch any games, has been acquired by Disney Interactive in an aggressive push into the free-to-play multiplayer Asian market.
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Target has an exclusive PlayStation 3 bundle for US shoppers over the holiday season. The $300 package includes a 250GB Super Slim console, a copy of Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, a DualShock controller, and a full PlayStation Move kit. The bundle is $120 below the total RRP of components purchased separately.

Thanks, Polygon.

Development of Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX is almost complete, according to Gematsu‘s translation of a leaked Famitsu report. Co-director Tai yause said the RPG is 80-90% complete. The PlayStation 3 exclusive is due in Japan next year, and collects the original game together with portable spin-offs released ahead of Kingdom Hearts 2. No word on a local release as yet, alas.

Epic Mickey: The Power of Two reviews are out in force. We didn’t round them up at the time, but we have now, and the news is not good. The house of mouse is burning down and a cacophony of delightful cartoon creatures are rolling around on the grass trying to put the flames on their backs out. Get the scores below.

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Disney Infinity is a gaming title in the works which according to a report on fansite Stitch Kingdom will provide Act vision’s Skylanders franchise with some competition.

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Epic Mickey: The Power of Two offers player choices and lays the result out by showing them the consequences. It’s something that producer Warren Spector believes is important to any game, and the man is certainly no stranger to choices, given his work on Deus Ex, Thief: The Dark Project and System Shock. Find out how these rules impact his latest project below.

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Disney has announced it lost $216 million for the fiscal year ending September 29, compared to $308 million year-over-year. The firm reported less loss due to a renewed focus on mobile titles in lieu of console releases. The firm noted most gaming revenue was derived from Gardens of Time, Temple Run: Brave and Where’s My Water. Disney said games created via its new IP, LucasFilms, would be in the social and mobile space, and any console titles released would come from third-parties developing through use of the license. The only console title Disney has in development is Epic Mickey 2, and Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion for handhelds. Thanks, Gamasutra.

Disney Interactive has signed a deal with Korean firm Smilegate to develop a Marvel MOBA. So far, the game is only slated for the Asia market, but this can potentially change in the future, although neither firm has commented on the matter. The game is currently codenamed Project PK and is slated for release in 2014. Thanks,MMO Culture.

Demos for Disney Epic Mickey 2 and F1 Race Stars are now available on Xbox Live for Gold members. To find out whether either are available in your region, click here and here. Epic Mickey 2 releases on Mac, PC, PS3, Wii, Wii U and Xbox 360 on November 18, while F1 Race Stars is out on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 November 16.

Watch Mickey and Oswald scurry about the Reconstructed Wasteland in this new look at Disney’s Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two.

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Disney has acquired Lucasfilm for the hefty sum of $4.05 billion, according to multiple sources.

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