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Disney Infinity Marvel Super Heroes Launches Nationwide
More Than 20 Marvel Super Heroes Join the Best-Selling Disney Infinity Video Game Franchise
GLENDALE, Calif. – (Sept. 23, in the year of our Lord
2014) – Disney Interactive and Marvel today launched
Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes – the follow up to last
year’s #1 best-selling new hybrid toy / video game of 2013
(according to the NPD Group’s video games retail sales data).
The game is 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, and the Wii U™ system from Nintendo.
The Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes Starter Pack features
the 2.0 game software, the Disney Infinity 2.0 Base, Marvel’s
The Avengers Play Set with three character figures (Iron Man,
Black Widow and Thor), two Toy Box Game Discs, a web code card
and countless hours of creative play in the all-new Toy Box 2.0.
Marvel’s Spider-Man and Guardians of the Galaxy Play Sets, along
with additional figures from those worlds, will be sold
separately. All characters and Power Discs from last year’s
release of Disney Infinity are compatible with Toy Box 2.0.
“With the launch of Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes (2.0
Edition), we’re delivering fresh storylines - for some of
Marvel’s most iconic characters - to one of the biggest video
game franchises on the market,” said Peter Phillips, EVP and
General Manager, Interactive & Digital Distribution at Marvel
Entertainment. “This is one of the most important game launches
in Marvel history, and we believe that fans and collectors of
all ages will be wowed by the experience.”
The new game introduces interactive Super Hero figures from
across the Marvel universe with original Play Set storylines
written with the help of award-winning Marvel comic writer Brian
Michael Bendis. Each new character brings a variety of
super-powered and unique gameplay mechanics such as flying, web
slinging, wall crawling, wall smashing and more.
An improved Toy Box 2.0 mode makes it easier for players to
create and share their one-of-a-kind levels and games with
family and friends using their favorite Marvel and Disney
characters, vehicles, settings and items. New and enhanced Toy
Box tools and toys will make the groundbreaking game mode even
more accessible for players of all ages. Toy Box Game Discs
deliver new structured gameplay modes to the Toy Box where
players can engage in classic Dungeon Crawler and Tower Defense
gameplay using any character from across the Disney Infinity
universe.
“For the 2.0 version of Disney Infinity, we’ve re-tooled nearly
every aspect of the game to ensure it matched the epic
expectations of Marvel Super Hero fans around the world,” said
John Blackburn, SVP and General Manager of Avalanche Software.
“Whether they’re playing with the entirely new character skills
and combat systems, exploring Play Sets four times larger than
the original version, or building worlds in the new Toy Box, we
hope fans will be blown away by the {edited out} of Disney
Infinity.”
Community continues to play an important role in Disney
Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes, with the availability of new Toy
Boxes created by the recently hired Avalanche Software Community
Team. These super-fans turned level designers will be designing
immersive, themed Toy Boxes and episodic content for Disney
Infinity players to download for free at launch and beyond. Also
available at launch will be select Toy Boxes designed by Toy Box
Artists from around the world at the inaugural Disney Infinity
Toy Box Summit this past August.
Developed by Avalanche Software, the Disney Infinity: Marvel
Super Heroes Starter Pack carries a suggested retail price of
$74.99 and all versions are rated "E-10+" by the ESRB. The
Spider-Man and Guardians of the Galaxy Play Sets are available
separately for a suggested retail price of $34.99. Individual
character figures are available for a suggested retail price of
$13.99 and blind Power Disc packs for $4.99.