Frontier Developments, the studio behind Planet Coaster and Planet Zoo, has announced a new game being developed in collaboration with Disney. The untitled project will draw from Disney’s portfolio of intellectual property and build on Frontier’s experience in the creative management simulation genre. Frontier will both develop and publish the game, with the company also fully funding development itself.
The agreement was announced by Frontier on September 3, although the studio stopped short of revealing exactly what form the game will take. No title, platforms, release window or specific Disney properties have been announced, and Frontier has not said whether the project will revolve around theme parks, individual characters or another type of management experience. That leaves the precise concept open for now despite the company clearly positioning it alongside the genre that has become central to its business.
Frontier CEO Jo Cooke said the Disney collaboration reinforces the company’s strategy of developing and maintaining major creative management simulation franchises. She described the goal as connecting Frontier’s creative player community with one of the world’s best-known entertainment brands. The studio specifically cited its experience with Planet Coaster, Planet Zoo and the Jurassic World Evolution series when describing the new project.
That background makes the announcement particularly notable. Planet Coaster has established Frontier in theme park construction and management, while Planet Zoo applies similar creative tools to animal habitats and conservation-focused simulation. The Jurassic World Evolution games combine park management with a major licensed entertainment property, giving Frontier existing experience working with a globally recognizable franchise rather than only its own intellectual property.
The Disney project also arrives as Frontier continues concentrating more heavily on creative management simulations following a broader refocusing of its business. In its June 2026 trading update, the company said CMS games accounted for almost 90% of its revenue during the financial year ending May 31, up from 77% a year earlier. Frontier reported revenue of £104.8 million for the period and approximately £19 million in adjusted operating profit, describing the latter as a company record.
Frontier already has more management games in development. Planet Zoo 2 is scheduled to launch on October 13, 2026, while the company has also confirmed work on another unannounced internally owned game intended to establish a new Planet franchise. The Disney title is a separate project from that new Planet game, expanding Frontier’s future CMS pipeline rather than replacing an already disclosed release.
The structure of the Disney agreement is also significant because Frontier is taking responsibility for both publishing and financing. Rather than simply developing a licensed title for another publisher, the Cambridge-based company says it will fully fund the project itself. That approach gives Frontier a more direct role in the commercial side of the game, although the company has not disclosed financial terms of its agreement with Disney.
For now, the announcement confirms the partnership and genre direction rather than the game players will eventually receive. Frontier has not identified which parts of Disney’s extensive portfolio will appear, and assumptions about a Disney theme park simulator remain speculation until the studio reveals more. Given Frontier’s history with Planet Coaster, such comparisons are inevitable, but the official announcement only commits to a game drawing from Disney intellectual property and Frontier’s creative management simulation expertise.
More information, including the game’s name, gameplay concept and release plans, will have to come later. Even at this early stage, however, the agreement gives Frontier another major licensed property to work with and places Disney directly inside the studio’s increasingly important management-simulation strategy.
