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- Disney Interactive Studios acquired Junction Point Studios in July 2007 to develop a property based on Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, a character created by Walt Disney but owned by Universal Studios until the character was acquired by The Walt Disney Company from Universal in 2006.
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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.
Mar 10, 2005 · Warren Spector has announced his return to game development with the formation of Junction Point Studios, the former studio head of Ion Storm Austin and creative genius behind Deus Ex...
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Jul 13, 2007 · Founded in 2005 by Spector and Art Min from the remnants of Ion Storm, Junction Point has not yet released any games, but is currently working on an unannounced project.
Jul 13, 2007 · Disney Interactive has acquired Warren Spector's Junction Point Studios. The developer will now work on new video game properties and also bring some of Disney's key franchises to next-gen...
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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 · Disney has confirmed its closure of Epic Mickey developer Junction Point studios. The confirmation comes after Star Citizen developer Roberts Space Industries broke the news last night on...
Jul 13, 2007 · Disney Interactive Studios has announced that it has acquired Warren Spector's Austin, TX based Junction Point Studios, which will create franchises both new and based on Disney properties.
