{"id":2332738,"date":"2026-03-17T07:11:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T07:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2332738"},"modified":"2026-03-17T07:11:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T07:11:19","slug":"disney-games-epic-games-partnership-officially-move-to-entertainment-from-experiences-under-walden-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/disney-games-epic-games-partnership-officially-move-to-entertainment-from-experiences-under-walden-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Games &#038; Epic Games Partnership Officially Move to Entertainment from Experiences Under Walden Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"text\">\n\t\t\t<!-- simple-lightbox-fslight processed figures --><\/p>\n<p>While we previously reported on the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/03\/incoming-disney-president-cco-dana-walden-reveals-new-entertainment-leadership-structure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">restructuring and expansion of Disney Entertainment<\/a> under incoming president and chief creative officer Dana Walden, one point is especially newsworthy: Disney Games, which includes the lucrative Epic Games partnership, is now under Entertainment, not Experiences.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-disney-games-now-under-entertainment\">Disney Games Now Under Entertainment<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/r2-media.wdwnt.com\/2026\/03\/image-22-11.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1422\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/r2-media.wdwnt.com\/2026\/03\/image-22-11.jpg\" alt=\"Disney x Epic Games\" class=\"wp-image-1395523\" data-eio=\"l\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Before, Disney Games fell under the purview of Disney Parks &amp; Experiences, the division headed by incoming CEO Josh D\u2019Amaro. Sean Shoptaw, Executive Vice President of Games and Digital Entertainment, is instrumental in Disney\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2024\/02\/disney-new-partnership-epic-games-fortnite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">ongoing collaboration with Epic Games<\/a>, the developers of <em>Fortnite<\/em>. The partnership has proved especially fruitful, Shoptaw citing <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/03\/disney-consumer-products-sxsw-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">the storytelling potential of <em>Fortnite<\/em><\/a> as a key avenue to connect with younger audiences during a SXSW 2026 panel.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-disney-and-fortnite\">Disney and \u2018Fortnite\u2019<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/r2-media.wdwnt.com\/2026\/03\/image-22-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"1395520\" alt=\"Disneyland Game Rush in Fortnite\" class=\"wp-image-1395520 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/r2-media.wdwnt.com\/2026\/03\/image-22-10.jpg\" data-eio-rwidth=\"1024\" data-eio-rheight=\"576\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"1395520\" src=\"https:\/\/r2-media.wdwnt.com\/2026\/03\/image-22-10.jpg\" alt=\"Disneyland Game Rush in Fortnite\" class=\"wp-image-1395520\" data-eio=\"l\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Disney has had several successful content rollouts within <em>Fortnite<\/em> since the partnership was announced in February 2024. At <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2025\/03\/1198907\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">SXSW in 2025<\/a>, Disney suggested that their universe in <em>Fortnite <\/em>may connect to the guest experience at Disney Parks. They\u2019ve come close: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2025\/11\/disney-parks-fortnite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Disneyland Game Rush<\/a> introduced several minigames themed to park attractions in celebration of Disneyland\u2019s 70th anniversary, with themed challenges and cosmetic rewards.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/r2-media.wdwnt.com\/2026\/03\/image-22-9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" alt=\"Percy Jackson: Siege of Monsters island in Fortnite\" class=\"wp-image-1395519 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/r2-media.wdwnt.com\/2026\/03\/image-22-9.jpg\" data-eio-rwidth=\"1920\" data-eio-rheight=\"1080\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/r2-media.wdwnt.com\/2026\/03\/image-22-9.jpg\" alt=\"Percy Jackson: Siege of Monsters island in Fortnite\" class=\"wp-image-1395519\" data-eio=\"l\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Players could become <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2025\/12\/percy-jackson-siege-of-monsters-island-launches-in-fortnite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">half-divine campers at Camp Half-Blood<\/a> to prepare for season two of <em>Percy Jackson and the Olympians<\/em> on Disney+. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/02\/disney-tsum-tsum-back-blings-coming-fortnite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Tsum Tsum lovers<\/a> can bring their collection to the <em>Fortnite<\/em> battlefield with Disney character \u201cback bling\u201d cosmetics, while a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/03\/disney-teases-hoppers-coming-soon-to-fortnite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">new <em>Hoppers<\/em> cosmetics bundle<\/a> lets players channel their inner Tom the Lizard.<\/p>\n<p>On December 22, 2026, Twitch streamer Clix made streaming history with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2025\/12\/twitch-streamer-clix-hosts-first-ever-gaming-livestream-in-walt-disney-world-with-fortnite-broadcast-from-star-wars-galaxys-edge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">the first gaming broadcast from Walt Disney World<\/a>: a <em>Fortnite <\/em>stream from Star Wars: Galaxy\u2019s Edge in Disney\u2019s Hollywood Studios.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of games now being under entertainment leadership? Let us know on social media.<\/p>\n<p>For the latest Disney Parks news and info, follow <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">WDW News Today<\/a> on\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wdwnt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WDWNewsToday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Facebook<\/a>, and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wdwnt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- relpost-thumb-wrapper --><!-- close relpost-thumb-wrapper -->\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source wdwnt.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While we previously reported on the restructuring and expansion of Disney Entertainment under incoming president and chief creative officer Dana Walden, one point is especially newsworthy: Disney Games, which includes the lucrative Epic Games partnership, is now under Entertainment, not Experiences. Disney Games Now Under Entertainment Before, Disney Games fell under the purview of Disney [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2332739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[309887,308201,452046,349333,44565,451987,338244],"class_list":["post-2332738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-dana-walden","tag-disney-entertainment","tag-disney-games","tag-epic-games","tag-fortnite","tag-sean-shoptaw","tag-the-walt-disney-company"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Disney-Games-Epic-Games-Partnership-Officially-Move-to-Entertainment.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2332738"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2332740,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332738\/revisions\/2332740"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2332739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2332738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2332738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2332738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}