Two media giants are expanding their videogame presence in Asia.
Disney has signed a deal with Chinese developer NetDragon to make a multiplayer online game based on Mouse House characters.

Walt Disney Collection Treasures are sure to be cherished as the brand name has practically become a priceless commodity that shapes our children and will be remembered for years to come. Available for the holidays are tons of Walt Disney Treasures, but most specifically there's a few you should take a look at.

New York Three months after ousting the individual publishers of its parenting books, Disney Publishing Worldwide has named a new group publisher for the titles, Wondertime and FamilyFun.

Paris Hilton wants to play Tinkerbell - not her pet Chihuahua, but the famed fairy from "Peter Pan."

Longtime (now former) Orlando Sentinel restaurant critic Scott Joseph reports that Walt Disney World has replaced prime rib in its buffet restaurants with whole strip loin.

Hong Kong Disneyland Managing Director, Andrew Kam, today joined more than 30 kids from the Children's Heart Foundation to make Christmas cookies. The delicious cookies are specially made for children who will spend the festive season in hospital.

Yesterday, AMR Research announced that Michael Eisner, former CEO of the Walt Disney Company (1984-2005), will keynote its 2009 Supply Chain Executive Conference, which will take place on May 27-29th at The Phoenician Resort in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Disney's "A Christmas Carol," the spectacular 3D 2009 holiday release from director Robert Zemeckis and starring Jim Carrey, will be the first film from The Walt Disney Studios slated for IMAX(R) theatres under a new five-picture arrangement the studio reached with IMAX Corporation, it was announced today by Mark Zoradi, president, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Group. Disney's "A Christmas Carol" will lead off an impressive slate of upcoming films from the Studio and a roster of top filmmakers that may include director Tim Burton as well as producer Jerry Bruckheimer. This arrangement makes some of the Studio's most highly anticipated theatrical releases from November 2009 and beyond available to IMAX venues across the country and around the world.

Further demonstrating its commitment to quality 3-D motion picture entertainment, The Walt Disney Studios has begun re-rendering its Oscar(R)-winning animated favorite, "Beauty and the Beast," in preparation for its Disney Digital 3-D(TM) debut on the big screen in 2010, it was announced today by Mark Zoradi, president, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Group. The announcement was made today in Singapore at 3DX: 3D Film and Entertainment Technology Festival, the industry's first conference devoted to the latest advances in 3-D technology and exhibition. The addition of "Beauty and the Beast" to its schedule brings the total number of Disney Digital 3-D releases to 11 for 2009-10.

In Hollywood, the tail usually wags the dog. So when Pixar's John Lasseter took charge of Disney's animation wing nearly three years ago as part of the merger between the two companies, one of his aims was to make the Mouse House "a filmmaker-driven studio."