Mobile games are a dominant force in the gaming industry, with many companies choosing to focus their efforts on the mobile market. Surprisingly, Disney Interactive recently announced it was retiring close to 100 applications, claiming that it wants to focus on building “new and more engaging” games.
Affected games include Star Wars: Tiny Death Star and Star Wars: Assault Team, as well as other notable titles such as Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: Le Chuck’s Revenge for iOS and a number of Marvel titles. The Disney branch says the decision was difficult to make but needed to be done. There direct statement regarding the decision reads:
Although the decision was difficult to make, this will allow us to focus on building new and more engaging games. Some of these titles may still be available for download and playable; however there are no plans for future updates and active product support will no longer be provided. We appreciate your support and understanding.
This decision is most likely due to many of the games being based on movies that are no longer popular on a mainstream level. Many of the titles, such as Guardians of the Galaxy: The Universal Weapon, Lone Ranger, Marvel: Avengers Alliance,Cars: Numbers & Counting, G-Force: Mooch Fly, Toy Story 3: Operation Camouflage are probably not generating as many downloads as they were when the were initially released. This move also allows them to focus on upcoming movies, with mobile games to go along with them. Below is a full list of the games that will be retired.
- Avengers Initiative
- Avengers Initiative Lite
- Captain America Live Wallpaper
- Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty
- Disney Checkout Challenge (iOS, Amazon, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8)
- Disney Bola Soccer (iOS, Android, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8)
- Disney Hidden Worlds (iOS, Android)
- Disney Infinity: Action! (iOS, Android, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8)
- Disney Photo Finish
- Disney Pix (iOS)
- Disney Super Speedway (iOS)
- Disney XD Grand Prix
- Fix-it Felix Jr.
- Gravity Falls Mystery Shack Attack-free and paid (iOS, Android, Amazon)
- Guardians of the Galaxy: The Universal Weapon
- JellyCar 2
- JellyCar 3
- JellyCar 3 Lite
- Lone Ranger
- Lost Light (iOS, Android, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8)
- Marvel: Avengers Alliance (Windows 8, Windows Phone 8)
- Marvel Run Jump Smash!
- Mittens
- Mittens HD
- Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: Le Chuck’s Revenge (iOS)
- Monsters, Inc. Run
- Monsters U: Catch Archie
- Phineas and Ferb Arcade
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Master of the Seas
- PIXEL’D
- PIXEL’D Plus
- Stack Rabbit
- STAR WARS™: Assault Team (iOS, Android, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8)
- STAR WARS™: Tiny Death Star (iOS, Android, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8)
- The Great Piggy Bank Adventure (iOS, Android, Amazon)
- The Secret of Monkey Island (iOS)
- Thor: Son of Asgard
- Toy Story Live Wallpaper
- Toy Story: Smash It! (iOS, Android, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, Barnes & Noble)
- Where’s My Summer? (iOS)
- Where’s My Water? Featuring XYY (iOS, Android, Amazon)
- Winnie the Pooh Wallpaper
- Wreck-it Ralph
Legacy titles
- Alice In Wonderland – An Adventure Beyond The Mirror (iOS)
- Alice In Wonderland Lite (iOS)
- Ariel: Numbers & Counting – Disney Connected Learning (iOS)
- Blackout (iOS)
- Brave Utility (iOS)
- Breakspin (iOS)
- Cars: Numbers & Counting – Disney Connected Learning (iOS)
- Cars 2 (iOS) Cars 2 Lite (iOS)
- Cinderella: Shapes & Patterns – Disney Connected Learning (iOS)
- DGamer (NOTE: DGamer will continue to offer consumers the ability to chat locally via Wireless Play mode.)
- Disney App (hub – iOS)
- Disney Christmas eCards (iOS)
- Disney eCards (iOS)
- Disney Fairies: Art – Disney Connected Learning (iOS)
- Disney Fairies Fashion Boutique (iOS)
- Disney Fairies Fly (iOS) Disney Fairies Fly Lite (iOS)
- Disney Fairies Fly on iPad (iOS)
- Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue (Pixie Hollow Online integration, such as Fairy and items upload and download, Polls, and News)
- Disney FilmPulse (iOS)
- Disney Fireworks (iOS)
- Disney Memories (iOS) – see Disney Memories HD
- Disney Mobile Magic (iOS) Disney Mobile Magic (Android app)
- Disney Muppet Mail (iOS) Disney Muppet Mail Lite (iOS)
- Disney Puzzle Family (iOS)
- Disney Spooks eCards (iOS)
- Disney Valentines eCards (iOS)
- Digicomics
- Frankenweenie (iOS)
- G-Force: Mooch Fly (iOS)
- G-Force: The Game (iOS)
- Handy Manny Flicker’s Flashcard Fiesta (iOS)
- Handy Manny Workshop (iOS)
- Hong Kong Disneyland Magic to Go (iOS)
- Kick Buttowski Loco Launcho (iOS)
- Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Road Rally Appisode (iOS)
- Motorcity: Drive (iOS)
- My Baby Einstein (iOS) (Including downloadable video segments)
- Prep and Landing (iOS)
- Spectrobes (iOS)
- Spectrobes Community Site and Leaderboards (Server location for uploaded high scores and other battle profile information)
- Split/Second (iOS)
- Split/Second Online Multiplayer Gaming (PC)
- The Daily Shot (iOS)
- The Incredible Machine (iOS)
- The Muppets Animal Drummer (iOS)
- Totally Tangled (iOS)
- Toy Story: Letters & Sounds – Disney Connected Learning (iOS)
- Toy Story 3 (iOS)
- Toy Story 3: Operation Camouflage (iOS)
- Toy Story Mania (iOS)
- TRON (iOS)
- TRON: Legacy (iOS)
- Winnie the Pooh eCards (iOS)
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