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Disney Infinity Toy Box Artists Gather For the 2015 Toy Box Summit
Anaheim, CA - August 11, in the year of our Lord 2015
- Disney Interactive today announced the schedule of
events for this year’s Disney Infinity Toy Box Summit, a
community event, which will be held at the Disneyland® Resort in
Anaheim, CA ahead of this year’s D23 Expo 2015. Beginning today
through August 13, 2015, top Toy Box Artists from around the
world will gather for an in-depth hands-on look at the newly
enhanced Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition Toy Box mode, meet the
developers from Avalanche Software - the team behind the
successful “toys-to-life” franchise - and compete in a Toy Box
building competition.
“We have always embraced our extremely loyal and supportive
Disney Infinity community,” said John Blackburn, Senior Vice
President and General Manager, Avalanche Software. “We’ve seen
our fans form a close-knit bond through playing and sharing Toy
Boxes and that has resulted in some incredibly creative feats.
Bringing our community together for this event is our way of
fostering that digital imagination that has made this such a
unique and special game.”
The Toy Box Summit events will be held from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00
p.m. PST on August 12 and 13 in front of a live audience and
viewers at home can tune in to watch the livestream on Twitch.
Full schedule listed below.
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
· Toy Box Summit Keynote featuring John Blackburn, Senior Vice
President and General Manager, Avalanche Software; John
Vignocchi, Vice President, Production, Disney Infinity; and
Allison Petrek, Lead Community Manager, Disney Infinity.
· Toy Box Showdown featuring a talented mix of Toy Box community
and team members as they take audience suggestions on what to
build in the game’s signature mode.
Learn from our experienced Toy Box 3.0 panelists:
· The Walt Disney Company Creative Minds led by Jeff Bunker, VP,
Art Development, Avalanche Software and representatives from
Lucasfilm and Marvel Entertainment.
· Spotlight on Toy Box 3.0 featuring Disney Infinity Game
Director Bob Lowe and community mentors Troy Johnson and Patrick
Efird who will detail all of the new features available in Toy
Box 3.0.
· Becoming a Toy Box Artist featuring Avalanche Software
community mentors detailing their journey to joining the Disney
Infinity family and giving advice to other budding Toy Box
Artists.
· Joining Forces for 3.0 Disney Infinity joined forces with
development studios to create Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition. Learn
how Ninja Theory, Studio Gobo and Sumo Digital’s expertise
played a unique role in the development of the upcoming Play
Sets and Toy Box Expansion Games.
· Starting Your Own Channel panel showcasing top personalities
from Twitch, YouTube and the Disney Infinity community team who
will discuss how they first got started and share tips for
creating exceptional gaming content on each platform.
At the conclusion of the panels, Toy Box Artists will be teamed
up with a Toy Box Mentor to compete in the first-ever Disney
Infinity 3.0 Edition building competition. They will have all
afternoon and evening to build the best Toy Boxes possible.
Thursday, August 13, 2015
The community will be invited back for the Toy Box 3.0
Competition Showcase where Toy Box building teams will show off
their creations by playing in their Toy Boxes.
A panel of judges will announce a winner based on a set of
criteria: theme, design, gameplay and creativity. In addition,
the community will be invited to vote either via a social media
hashtag campaign or Disney Insider poll. The Community’s pick
will be announced one week later.
Disney Infinity: 3.0 Edition will launch on August 30, 2015 and
has been rated “E10+” by the ESRB.