This is a pretty monumental upgrade to the Disney Infinity series. With 5 new Play Sets (3 Star Wars, 1 Pixar and 1 Marvel) as well as some new Toy Box games plus characters from Disney, Marvel and Star Wars, we’re looking at a whole lot of fun come this Fall. You’ll also see more improvements for the fans like selling power discs in packs where you can see the discs. The press release states “Power Discs will be sold in labeled franchise-specific packs of four”. That is great news especially because it is a total waste to buy a bunch of power discs only to get the same ones over and over.

This new release of Disney Infinity will also be including a Play Set and Characters from the upcoming Star Wars™: The Force Awakens™ movie. That will come out this Winter after the game has launched. I figure this is being kept under wraps for the time being because the movie hasn’t been released. It will be great to play a game based on that movie soon after it is released and we won’t have to wait too long.

The Press release states that there will be a new Marvel Play Set and there will be characters like Ultron, Iron Man in the Hulkbuster Armor and The Hulk. I wonder if existing Marvel characters will be able to play in this set. I would be so happy if this was finally something possible. It would take into consideration that fans have spent plenty of money on Marvel characters in Disney Infinity 2.0 and many of those characters should definitely be playable in this Play Set. To exclude them would be a missed opportunity and another blow to the fans. Being playable in the Toy Box alone is not going to cut it for me. Time will tell.

Below I have the Announcement trailer and also the full press release for you to read. I’ve been critical of this game many times (see above paragraph) but I think there are some improvements coming that might make me want to play all the more.

STAR WARS™ JOINS FORCES WITH DISNEY, DISNEY•PIXAR AND MARVEL IN THE ALL-NEW DISNEY INFINITY 3.0 EDITION

Latest Edition of Disney Interactive’s Best-Selling Video Game Series Will Include Five Play Sets, New Toy Box Expansion Games and a Variety of Fan-Favorite Characters From Across The Walt Disney Company

BURBANK, Calif. – (May 5, 2015) – Disney Interactive today announced that the Star Wars™ universe will join Disney, Disney•Pixar and Marvel in Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition – the latest installment of the best-selling “hybrid toy / video game” of 2014. The Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition Starter Pack will be available this fall at a suggested retail price of $64.99, and Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition promises to deliver kids and families with a wider breadth of content and variety of gameplay than ever offered from Disney Infinity, including:

• Three Star Wars Play Sets, one set in the timeline of Episodes I-III, the second set during the original trilogy, Episodes IV-VI, and the third available this winter based on Star Wars™: The Force Awakens™



• Additional Play Sets offering distinct gameplay and environments, including a Disney•Pixar Play Set based on the upcoming film Inside Out, and a Marvel Play Set featuring Hulkbuster Iron Man, Ultron, and other Marvel characters



• A fully enhanced Toy Box with two new multiplayer Toy Box Expansion Games, Toy Box Speedway (kart racing) and Toy Box Takeover (action-adventure)



• More figures of fan-favorite characters from across The Walt Disney Company, like Mickey and Minnie, Sam Flynn and Quorra from Tron: Legacy, Mulan and Olaf, among many others

“Disney Infinity is the only game where fans can play with Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars characters together in one experience,” said James Pitaro, President, Disney Interactive. “We worked closely with Lucasfilm to deliver an authentic Star Wars game experience, featuring some of the most iconic stories and characters from the past, present and future.”

Each of the Star Wars Play Sets offers distinct experiences, with varied gameplay, environments and characters. The Star Wars™: Twilight of the Republic Play Set takes place in the height of the Jedi’s powers, where players will use the Force™ and Lightsabers™ in epic battles and master their combat skills alongside Ahsoka Tano, Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda and Darth Maul. The Star Wars™: Rise Against the Empire Play Set will take players on galaxy-spanning missions with Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia Organa, Han Solo, Chewbacca and Darth Vader, piloting X-wing fighters or the Millennium Falcon to fight stormtroopers, or exploring and partaking in land-based missions on planets like Tatooine, Hoth, and Endor. Additionally, fans will have the unique opportunity to play with all of the Star Wars characters in all of the Star Wars Play Sets.

“Star Wars is a cross-generational franchise, and Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition creates an incredible opportunity for families and fans to relive their favorite Star Wars moments,” said John Blackburn, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Disney Infinity. “With the addition of Star Wars, Inside Out and new Disney and Marvel characters, Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition will be the most ambitious and diverse offering yet and also the most accessible, with a lower suggested retail price for this year’s Starter Pack.”

Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition will also introduce an all-new, 3-D Toy Box Hub that will make it easier for players to choose from a wider selection of gameplay experiences – including platform, racing, and farming simulation games. Two new multiplayer Toy Box Expansion Games will bring action-adventure gameplay in Toy Box Takeover and kart racing in Toy Box Speedway, where kids and families can play with popular Disney, Disney•Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars characters together in a structured setting.

Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition is being developed by Avalanche Software in partnership with Ninja Theory, Sumo Digital, Studio Gobo and United Front Games, and will be available for the PlayStation®4 and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment systems, Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system and Xbox 360 games and entertainment system from Microsoft, the Wii U™ system from Nintendo, PC and iOS and Android devices.

The Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition Starter Pack will include the Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition Base and video game software, the Star Wars: Twilight of the Republic Play Set, Ahsoka Tano and Anakin Skywalker character figures, and a web code card that unlocks content for PC and mobile devices. Other Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition Play Sets, figures, and Toy Box Expansion Games will be sold separately.

All figures and Power Discs from the 1.0 and 2.0 editions of Disney Infinity will be compatible with Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition in the enhanced Toy Box and, for the first time, Power Discs will be sold in labeled franchise-specific packs of four. Additional Disney, Disney•Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars figures and Play Sets will be announced in the coming months.

For additional information, please visit www.disney.com/Infinity and www.youtube.com/disneyinfinity, join the Disney Infinity Facebook Community and Google+ community, and follow us on Twitter and Instagram.
About Disney Interactive:

Disney Interactive is the digital entertainment part of The Walt Disney Company. As one of the world’s largest creators of high-quality digital experiences, Disney Interactive produces interactive entertainment for the whole family including multi-platform video games, online short form video, mobile and social games and digital destinations across all current and emerging media platforms.

Entertaining guests of all ages, Disney Interactive’s key products include the video game platform Disney Infinity, top virtual world for kids Club Penguin, popular mobile franchises like Frozen Free Fall and Disney Tsum Tsum, top online destinations for kids, parents and fans including Disney.com, Oh My Disney, and Babble.com and the Disney social network reaching more than 1.5 billion guests on Facebook.

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