Disney’s taste for social gaming could be bigger 
than many people first believed.
The Wall Street Journal and others have reported that the Mouse is in talks to buy social games company Playdom for an estimated $500 million or more. No deal has been formally announced, and neither company is commenting on the reports. If completed, the acquisition would be the second notable expansion by Disney’s gaming arm this month.
Disney’s reintroduction of Mickey Mouse to the video game world is expanding into other mediums.
Beyond the work he is doing on “Epic Mickey,” developer Warren Spector is working on a comic book adaptation of the Wasteland world where the game is set. Comic and sci-fi superstar Peter David is assisting on the book (and likely doing most of the writing).
Disney hasn’t been a big force to date in the mobile gaming 
space – but that’s about to change.
The company has acquired music rhythm game maker Tapulous, makers of “Tap Tap Revolution” for an undisclosed sum. It’s a deal that’s not dissimilar to the acquisition of Wideload Games last September in that it give the company an individual who’s a leader in his segment of the industry.
Warren Spector has lots of reasons to be happy. 
He was a featured presented at this year’s Nintendo press conference and his latest title “Epic Mickey” was one of the standout games of the just completed E3.
And, for the most part, Spector is a pretty happy guy – but he has a bone to pick with the rumor mill.
So far, the only games we’ve heard about 
that will take advantage of Move, Sony’s motion sensor controller, have been internal studios. Now, Disney has joined the team.
Disney Interactive Studios plans to utilize the Move in “Toy Story 3: The Video Game”. It’s part of a broader relationship between the two. The game will also feature content and gameplay that’s only available on the PS3, which some may view as a notice to Nintendo, which has been the home to the vast majority of child-friendly games this console generation.
Chris Morris: Journalist 