Disney Interactive Studios

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Disney Interactive Studios, Inc.

Formerly	Walt Disney Computer Software (1988–1994) Buena Vista Software (1988–1994) Disney Interactive (1994–2003) Buena Vista Games (2003–2007)
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video games
Founded	September 15, 1988; 35 years ago (1988-09-15)
Defunct	May 10, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-05-10)
Fate	Closed by The Walt Disney Company
Successor	Disney Electronic Content
Headquarters	500 Paula Ave, Glendale, California , US
Brands	Touchstone Interactive
Parent	Walt Disney Television (1988–1995) Disney Interactive (1995–2016)
Subsidiaries	See § Studios
Website	disneyinteractive.com

Disney Interactive Studios, Inc. was an American video game developer and publisher owned by The Walt Disney Company through Disney Interactive. Prior to its closure in 2016, it developed and distributed multi-platform video games and interactive entertainment worldwide.

Most of the games released by Disney Interactive Studios were typically tie-in products to existing character franchises.^[1] On May 10, 2016, as a result of the discontinuation of its Disney Infinity series, Disney shut down Disney Interactive Studios, and exited the first-party home console game development business in order to focus on third-party development of home console video games through other developers such as Electronic Arts (Star Wars games), Warner Bros. Games (owned by rival company Warner Bros., which handles the publishing of Disney-related Lego video games and Cars 3: Driven to Win), Bandai Namco Entertainment (Disney Tsum Tsum Festival), Square Enix (Kingdom Hearts), and Capcom (several Disney games, Willow games, and Marvel vs. Capcom). However, it continues to release games for iOS and Android mobile devices under its own label, Disney Mobile.^{[citation needed]} Disney Electronic Content is a spiritual successor to the company.