This ain't the Mickey Mouse from your childhood. An earlier version of the world famous mouse went into the public domain on January 1, 2024. A game studio dropped a trailer for its Mickey-centric ...

After years of Disney stalling and bending copyright law to their will, Mickey Mouse has officially entered the public domain. Independent creators can now play around with the famous mascot as he ...

If you haven’t heard, the Steamboat Willie version of Mickey Mouse is officially in the public domain, and Nightmare Forge Games wasted no time announcing a horror game starring that version of Disney ...

Mickey Mouse will appear in new, non-Disney creative works after 95 years of copyright protection of the character expired on Jan. 1. With this, early versions of Mickey Mouse are now part of the ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. The earliest version of Mickey Mouse is now in public domain as of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet. On January 1, New Year’s Day, a few stories were spread ...

There’s no guarantee public domain characters will be in good games, but this one seems more than OK. Mickey Mouse is now playable in a video game! Which is to say, the public domain version of Mickey ...

It didn't take long for someone to cash in with a horror-inspired take on Mickey Mouse. An earlier version of Mickey featured in Disney's 1928 short film "Steamboat Willie" entered the public domain ...