Frontier Developments has signed a deal with Disney to develop a new game built around the studio’s experience in creative management simulations. The agreement brings together the company behind Planet Coaster, Planet Zoo, and Jurassic World Evolution with one of the entertainment industry’s largest collections of brands.
The announcement stops short of identifying the game or defining its specific setting. However, Frontier’s management-simulation background—and its previous work on Kinect: Disneyland Adventures—makes the collaboration notable for players interested in creative construction and park-management games. Any suggestion that the project is a Disneyland park creator remains speculation rather than a confirmed feature of the deal.
The Disney game will use Frontier’s management-simulation experience
According to the official details reported by IGN, the project will “build upon the company’s extensive experience and proven capabilities as a leader in the creative management simulation genre.”
That description establishes the project’s broad genre foundation without confirming its name, mechanics, or Disney properties. Frontier’s established games in the category have centered on designing, operating, and expanding attractions or animal parks, but the announcement does not confirm that the Disney collaboration will reproduce any particular system from Planet Coaster or Planet Zoo.
The distinction is important because the combination of Disney and Frontier naturally invites comparisons with a Disneyland construction game. Based on the information announced so far, that remains an editorial possibility rather than a verified description of the project.
Jo Cooke connects the deal to Frontier’s wider strategy
Frontier CEO Jo Cooke described the collaboration as part of the company’s continuing focus on creative management simulations.
“We are delighted to announce this collaboration with Disney, which further reinforces our clearly defined strategy of developing and nurturing world-class creative management simulation game franchises,” Cooke said in the statement carried by IGN.
Cooke also said Frontier’s mission is to connect its creative player community with Disney’s brands. “Our mission with this game is to connect a passionate creative community of players with one of the world’s most iconic and beloved brands, and I can’t wait to see what our talented teams will create with this amazing opportunity,” the executive added.
Those comments position player creativity as a central part of Frontier’s goal for the collaboration. They do not, however, establish which Disney brand or brands will appear in the game, so any more specific interpretation would go beyond the announcement.
Frontier previously developed Kinect: Disneyland Adventures
The agreement is not Frontier’s first project connected to a Disney theme park. The studio developed Kinect: Disneyland Adventures in 2011. That game was later remastered and made playable without the Kinect motion-control system.
This history gives Frontier direct experience with a game based around Disneyland, but the newly announced project has not been identified as a sequel or continuation. The earlier title therefore provides relevant background rather than confirmation of the new game’s format.
Frontier’s more recent creative-management work supplies another clear point of context. Planet Coaster and Planet Zoo are both prominent parts of the studio’s portfolio, while its Jurassic World Evolution games combine management systems with a licensed entertainment property. The Disney agreement now adds another licensed collaboration to that broader body of work.
Frontier has multiple simulation and strategy projects in its pipeline
Alongside the Disney deal, Frontier reaffirmed that it has another unannounced Planet simulation game in development. The company has not identified that separate project in the supplied announcement, and it should not be assumed to be connected to Disney.
Frontier’s stated schedule also includes Planet Zoo 2, which the September 3 report says is set to launch in October. In addition, the company is due to publish the strategy game Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Deathwatch.
Taken together, the confirmed projects show that Frontier is continuing to work across management simulations and strategy publishing. For the Disney collaboration itself, the central confirmed detail remains deliberately broad: Frontier is developing a game that draws on its creative management-simulation capabilities. Its precise theme, platforms, mechanics, and launch plans require further official announcements.
