Disney Online goes live with Disney Fairies Pixie Hollow.

Disney Fairies Pixie Hollow is based on the wildly popular Disney Fairies franchise. Visitors to the new online world will be able to explore the homes and meadows that make up Pixie Hollow. Fans will play and chat with Fairy friends, go on quests for Tinker Bell, play games, earn badges, craft jewelry and clothes and personalize their Fairy world.

“Disney Fairies has proven to be one of the company’s most successful franchises and we are excited to give fans the chance to live and play in the magical world of Tinker Bell (more…)

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The videogame “Hannah Montana: Spotlight World Tour” is based on the characters of the Emmy nominated Disney Channel original series Hannah Montana.

Here is a quick primer for parents new to the Hannah Montana phenomenon:
Played by Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana is a preteen who lives a secret life as a pop star. (more…)

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Wow. We knew Club Penguin was hot from all the traffic we got after we reviewed it and blogged about it. And today Disney just bought them for a deal that could be worth up to $700 million.

Club Penguin makes a kid-friendly online virtual world that I know my kids enjoy. And they have over 700,000 paying members so a lot of other kids are enjoying it too.

Congratulations Club Penguin!

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The highly anticipated “Pirates of the Caribbean Online” Game will not be released until Fall 2007.

Pirates of the Caribbean Online is a massively multiplayer online game. The game was scheduled to launch in 2006. However, the developer felt that the game was not ready and a new launch date was set for spring 2007. The already delayed game has now finished Beta testing and the team decided to push back launch even further.

The Pirates Online Website reads: “Our end goal is simple – make a great game! In order to achieve this we believe we need some additional development time and have therefore decided to move the launch of the game to this Fall.”

Good thing Disney has deep pockets. However, the “Summer Pirate Buzz” will have long worn off by then…

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Microsoft announces partnership with Disney at E3 Media Event.

Microsoft’s Xbox360 is without a doubt the system of choice for the serious gamer. According to Microsoft’s Peter Moore and Jeff Bell it will also become the system of choice for family entertainment. (more…)

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