“It was with much sadness that we informed our teams today of changes to our games organization, which include the closure of Junction Point Studios,” a spokesman said. He said the Epic Mickey franchise might live on, though there were no plans for sequels to the game. A sequel to the game, while praised for improvements, was nevertheless considered a disappointment from a sales point of view.ĭisney, which has been under pressure to turn a profit at its interactive division, acknowledged the closure of Junction Point, though a spokesman didn’t say how many jobs were in jeopardy. “Whatever you think of me,” he continued,“or Junction Point, or Disney or the Disney Epic Mickey games – yes, I know we polarized people! – I’ll always look back on the last eight years with nothing but pride.”Įpic Mickey started out strong when first released, scoring several positive reviews and selling 1.3 million copies in its first month. ![]() “With Mickey Mouse as our hero, we introduced a mainstream audience to some cool ‘core game’ concepts … and, most especially, we restored Oswald the Lucky Rabbit to a place of prominence.” “I said to myself as Junction Point embarked on the Epic Mickey journey that, worst case, we’d be ‘a footnote in Disney history.’ Looking back on it, I think we did far better than that,” he wrote. Spector addressed the closing of the studio on his Facebook page. ![]() Junction Point is run by founder Warren Spector, a well regarded developer of games who has been in the business since the early 1980s. PHOTOS: When You Wish Upon a Death Star: The Surprising Symmetry of Star Wars and Disney
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