The current plan is to launch the original Infinity Blade game in the arcade machines and then add Infinity Blade II down the line.
Disney, which has recently announced its own ambitious Disney Infinity video game and toy line, is making a sound business decision to move to a licensing model.
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Epic is also showing off Unreal Engine 4 technology and its new iOS game, Infinity Blade: Dungeons.
Activision enlisted two game developers, Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games, to create the new title.
Developer Infinity Ward has designed new game-engine technology to take advantage of Sony's PlayStation 4 and the new Microsoft console, both due by year's end.
Drawing on technology developed for Toy Story 3: The Video Game, Disney Infinity offers a modular approach to movie tie-in games that will enable new chapters and franchises to be added as required.
But the part you might not know is how much mental attitude and team work actually goes into making that game and others like Infinity Blade.
Using the same game mechanics of the "Infinity Blade" games, players will be able to rack up some seriously high scores through those additional weapons, accessories and costumes.
With the upcoming announcement for potential competitor in the toy-meets-video-game product, Disney Infinity, it will be interesting to see if this spurs Activision to get more of the remaining figures out to retail sooner.
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Infinity Blade was recently named the best iPhone game of the year by industry publication IGN.
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The game came under scrutiny from video-game critics after a shakeup at Infinity Ward, the developer most often associated with the franchise.
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Infinity Blade is also currently outselling that other popular game Angry Birds on the iPhone and iPad.
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Arbitron officials suggest that Hogan's public saber-rattling is reminiscent of the game of chicken the company played with the Infinity radio chain last year.
Maintaining this number one position will be harder this year though, with Disney Infinity offering a similar toy-meets-video-game experience, and one that can leverage the family favorite Disney characters.
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Like Skylanders, Disney Infinity uses real toys to transport action figures into a video game.
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And there are also plenty of cool potential video game directions for this franchise to take beyond Disney Infinity.
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In a way that only Disney can, Disney Infinity integrates collectible character figures that come to life in the game.
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Today, Skylanders got some company in the game-meets-toy genre in the form of Disney Infinity.
And while Angry Birds was the type of simple, yet addictive casual-style game that smartphone and tablet users have eagerly snacked on, Infinity Blade brings something meatier to the table.
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"Disney Infinity introduces a new way to interact with the best of Disney on one game platform, both now and in the future, " said John Pleasants, co-president, Disney Interactive.
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The former creative leads at Infinity Ward, who created the Modern Warfare franchise that has now become the biggest game franchise in history, convinced the judge that their claims of fraud are worthy of a trial.
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This is where Disney Infinity will live or die, making a strong connection between the toy figures and the game.
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We moved on to talk about Disney Infinity, a new competitor for Skylanders that also uses toy-figures to access in-game characters.
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While the ambitious Disney Infinity looks poised for global success, the house of mouse continues its move away from console-specific game development today with the closure of Junction Point.
We round things off by considering how the Infinity Base peripheral differs to the Skylanders Portal and how that aims to simplify the sometimes confusing technology around game saves both to the cloud and to a physical local device.
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