The second game Disney Interactive was showcasing at this year’s E3 was “Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved.”

This game was also presented at last year’s E3 (/blogs/lauragilbreath/2013/06/e3_the_wrap_up.html), but a final release date has been announced for October 21, 2014. A musical motion game, it has the player making directed movements in conjunction with a varied playlist of music to generate and store energy/magic. The player can then invest that magic in different landscapes to bring new color and life to them.

Since last year, new additions to the gameplay include a multiplayer mode and a new environment called “The Neighborhood.”

Another new introduction is your guide through the game, Scout–one of Yen Sid’s old apprentices.

The track listing contains a wide range of music from Vivaldi to Depeche Mode. While there are none of the traditional Disney tunes you might expect, both “The Nutcracker Medley” and “Night on Bald Mountain” from its namesake “Fantasia” are included.

“Fantasia: Music Evolved” will be available for the XBox One and Kinect for the XBox 360. Rated ESRB E10+.

Another game in the works is “Planes: Fire & Rescue,” which will be set after the events of the upcoming film of the same name.

Although still in development, the basic gameplay is taking control of various vehicles from the movie, including Dusty, and utilizing their special talents to put out fires and run various other rescue missions. The game will be available on the Nintendo Wii, DS, and 3DS this Fall, from game publisher Little Orbit.

For fans of the long-running series Kingdom Hearts, publisher Square Enix is coming out with “Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix.” “Kingdom Hearts 3” was teased as being under development as well.

This is the second of the Kingdom Hearts game collections, the first one being “Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix.” The collections include copies of earlier games in the series which have been remastered and enhanced. 2.5 will bundle “Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix,” “Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix,” and “Kingdom Hearts Re:coded.”

“Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix” will be available exclusively for the Playstation 3 on Dec 2, 2014.

And as with last year, EA didn’t give much more than a teaser trailer for Star Wars Battlefront.

Rumored to be coming out late next year, it was announced that Endor and Hoth will be areas represented in the game.

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