Disney Inks Deal With Planet Coaster Maker, Opening Doors to a Disneyland Park Game

Frontier Developments, the studio behind Jurassic World Evolution, Planet Zoo, and Planet Coaster, has inked a deal with Disney to develop an upcoming game.

While details of the project remain thin on the ground for now, a press release sent to IGN stated that the game will “build upon the company’s extensive experience and proven capabilities as a leader in the creative management simulation genre.” In other words, expect a Disney sim game.

It’s not a huge leap to expect something akin to a Disneyland park creator, especially as the studio is well versed in extending its expertise to licensed properties via its Jurassic World Evolution franchise. Indeed, Frontier made 2011’s Kinect: Disneyland Adventures, which was eventually remastered and made playable without Kinect.

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“We are delighted to announce this collaboration with Disney, which further reinforces our clearly defined strategy of developing and nurturing world-class creative management simulation game franchises,” noted Frontier CEO Jo Cooke.

“Our mission with this game is to connect a passionate creative community of players with one of the world’s most iconic and beloved brands, and I can’t wait to see what our talented teams will create with this amazing opportunity.”

As well as its freshly-inked Disney deal, the studio reaffirmed today that it also has another unannounced Planet sim game in the works. Planet Zoo 2 launches in October, and Frontier is set to publish strategy game Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Deathwatch.

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