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Client: Junction Point. One of Powerhouse Animation Studios’ most exciting projects has been creating the video game cinemas for Disney Interactive’s Epic Mickey. Powerhouse worked closely with Warren Spector’s Junction Point Studios to create these unique animated story segments for the game.
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Junction Point Studios was a video game developer based in Austin, Texas. It was owned by Disney Interactive Studios.
The studio was established in 2005 by Warren Spector and Art Min. The new studio was based around several former employees of Ion Storm, where Spector and Min previously worked.
In July 2007, Disney Interactive Studios acquired Junction Point Studios.
Junction Point developed Epic Mickey, a Wii game which was released on November 25, 2010 in Europe and on November 30 in North America. The game is about Mickey Mouse's adventure in Wasteland, a world where forgotten characters like Oswald the Lucky Rabbit live. Junction Point indicated that its game would be a "combination of action and roleplaying, traditional narrative and player choice" and would use Emergent Game Technologies' Gamebryo engine. The game was developed exclusively for the Wii console platform.
On March 21, 2012, Warren Spector announced that a sequel to Epic Mickey was in development for the Wii, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
There has been speculation regarding the name "Junction Point" — apparently, this name was used by a canceled game at Looking Glass Studios, where Spector once worked. According to available descriptions, this game was a "massively multiplayer fantasy role-playing game, changed in midstream to a single-player science-fiction role-playing game."
In March 2007, Spector explained the name in an interview:
Jan 29, 2013 · Epic Mickey developer Junction Point Studio closed its doors, a Disney representative confirmed to Polygon today. The Disney-owned Austin, Tex.-based studio employed about 160 people in...
Austin-based game developer Junction Point Studios — known for the Disney Epic Mickey series of games — has closed its doors. Epic Mickey and Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two were the studio’s only games to date. A Disney representative confirmed the studio closed in an interview with Polygon.
Jan 29, 2013 · Disney is reinventing its gaming business in 2013, releasing new products like Disney Infinity. Part of the process is closing old studios, though, and sadly Warren Spector's Junction Point ...
1. General Information. Description. Developer of video games and site based in Austin, Texas. The company's video games consist of single-player and small-group multiplayer casino games. Contact Information. Website. www.junctionpoint.com. Ownership Status. Acquired/Merged. (Operating Subsidiary) Financing Status. Corporate Backed or Acquired.
