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Disney has sold FoxNext Games LA, maker of the video game Marvel Strike Force, and Cold Iron Studios in San Jose to mobile game specialist Scopely, the companies announced Wednesday. The deal stems from Disney’s $71.3 billion acquisition last year of most of 21st Century Fox, including FoxNext Games. The transaction…

James Finn, mostly recently EVP and Head of Marketing at FoxNext and co-head of marketing at Fox Home Entertainment, said Wednesday he was exiting the company after an almost 20-year run. Finn sent out an email to staff and media announcing the news. The latest exec departure comes amid much upheaval at 20th Century Fo…

Twentieth Century Fox’s games and virtual reality division FoxNext used the global stage of the Consumer Electronics Show to offer a sneak preview of Isle of Dogs Behind The Scenes (in Virtual Reality), an experience to screen in full at the New Frontier at Sundance. The VR experience takes audiences inside the…

Rick Phillips has been promoted to President of Licensing and Publishing at FoxNext Games, a move that comes after FoxNext, the new gaming and VR division of Fox Networks Group and 20th Century Fox Film, made its first big play in the gaming space by acquiring mobile-game developer Aftershock. Phillips previously…

FoxNext, the new gaming and VR division of 21st Century Fox, has made its first big play in the gaming space by acquiring mobile-game developer Aftershock. The company, which has offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco, earlier this year spun off from Kabam, after South Korean gaming company NetMarble purchased…

FoxNext, the recently created 20th Century Fox unit that encompasses the company’s video gaming, location-based entertainment, virtual reality and augmented reality productions, has tapped 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment exec James Finn as EVP and Head Of Marketing. He will stay on in his current role as EVP and…

20th Century Fox is streamlining the overseeing of its video gaming, location-based entertainment, virtual and augmented reality productions through the newly-created FoxNext, and has named Salil Mehta as President of the new division, effective immediately. Mehta joined Fox in 2013 and most recently served as…