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Junction Point Studios

Company nameJunction Point Studios
Company typeSubsidiary of Disney Interactive Studios
IndustryVideo game industry
Founded2005
HeadquartersAustin, Texas
Key peopleWarren Spector
ProductsVideo games
Owner(s)The Walt Disney Company
ParentDisney Interactive Studios

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Junction Point Studios is a video game developer based in Austin, Texas. The studio was established in 2005 by Warren Spector and Art Min, prominent figures in the game development industry. The new studio is based around several former employees of Ion Storm, where Spector and Min previously worked.

Junction Point has been working on Disney Epic Mickey which will be released on November 25, 2010 in Europe and on November 30 in North America. The game is about Mickey Mouse's adventure in wasteland where forgotten characters like Oswald the Lucky Rabbit live. Junction Point has indicated that its game will be a "combination of action and roleplaying, traditional narrative and player choice", and will use Emergent Game Technologies'Gamebryo Engine. The game has been developed for the Wii console platform.

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:

:When I was with Looking Glass, the last thing I worked on with them on was a concept that I came up with along with Doug Church and some other guys. It was a very different approach to multiplayer online games called Junction Point. I loved the name and concept. I'm not revealing anything too dramatic since we're not doing the game, though I'd love to some day, but the name spoke to me more as a name for a studio than a name for a game. [...] It's also nice that it abbreviates to JPS, which rolls off the tongue.

On July 13, 2007, it was announced that Disney Interactive had acquired Junction Point Studios. They have since been working on Epic Mickey, a Wii game starring Mickey Mouse.



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Epic Mickey E3 2010 Debut Trailer [HD] Developer: Junction Point Release: Q4/2010 Genre: Adventure Platform: Wii Publisher: Disney Interactive A heroic tale of redemption and discovery, Disney Epic Mickey is an adventure-platforming game with light role-playing elements for the Nintendo Wii, featuring an iconic and retro Mickey Mouse inspired by cartoons of the 1920s and 1930s. Pulled into a warped Disney universe called the Cartoon Wasteland by an evil villain, Mickey finds himself in a world inhabited by the retired and forgotten cartoon characters and attractions from Disney's past. Mickey must use the very elements of animation, paint and paint thinner, to explore the Cartoon Wasteland, find the source of evil that is destroying the land, and redeem his fellow cartoon characters including Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Walt Disney's first cartoon star and Mickey's resentful half-brother. With visionary game designer Warren Spector behind the title, players choose their own path to defeat supreme evil, face the consequences of those decisions and ultimately free the Cartoon Wasteland. Follow Machinima on Twitter! Machinima twitter.com Inside Gaming twitter.com Machinima Respawn twitter.com Machinima Entertainment, Technology, Culture twitter.com FOR MORE MACHINIMA, GO TO: www.youtube.com FOR MORE GAMEPLAY, GO TO: www.youtube.com FOR MORE SPORTS GAMEPLAY, GO TO: www.youtube.com TAGS: Epic Mickey E3 2010 Debut Trailer [HD] machinima videogame video game nintedno wii walt <b>...</b>
1.22 min. | 4.57 user rating
Disney Epic Mickey is an action-adventure platforming game for the Wii console that sends Mickey Mouse on an epic journey of creativity and discovery. As Mickey, the player is propelled into Wasteland, an alternate world made up of Disney's forgotten creative efforts, and is given the power to wield paint and paint thinner to dynamically change the world while determining Mickey's path to becoming an epic hero. Through the use of this unique paint and paint thinner, the key components of animation and Mickey's tools for impacting his world, players will have the ability to shape how the story unfolds as they discover the concept of "Playstyle Matters" -- an innovative style of gameplay created by Disney Interactive Studios' Junction Point, led by industry luminary Warren Spector, where players creatively tackle different challenges in the world to explore all the possibilities and storylines -- but with consequences for their chosen actions.
2.50 min. | 4.93 user rating
facebook.com Pre-order: ‪nku.me Acclaimed developer, Warren Spector, takes you through this insightful video with a behind-the-scenes look at DISNEY EPIC MICKEY, the video game (IGN's nomination for "Best Wii Game" and "Best Platforming Game" of E3 2010). TAGS: walt disney interactive studios epic mickey video game videogame video games nintendo wii junction point trailer e3 expo electronic entertainment warren spector deus ex kingdom hearts paint thinner good vs evil best wii platforming game sarah dope sarahdope oswald the lucky rabbit paint blot opening cinematic pax penny arcade expo gamescom gdc machinima runaway brain mouse club merlin yen sid sorcerer's apprentice fantasia mad doctor phantom blot birth by sleep fantasia full complete
6.88 min. | 4.93 user rating
Classic Game Room reviews EPIC MICKEY for Nintendo Wii from Disney. Epic Mickey is a puzzle solving action adventure videogame from Disney starring Mickey Mouse who embarks on an epic adventure through the Wasteland of forgotten things! Battle enemies with paint and thinner as you rebuild or deconstruct the world around you to make it through well crafted levels in this visually stunning and entertaining game on Wii. Epic Mickey is from Junction Point Studios and Disney Interactive Studios distributed by Buena Vista Studios.
5.70 min. | 4.88 user rating
--Developer(s): Junction Point Studios --Publisher(s): Disney Interactive Studios --Platform(s): Wii --Release date(s): NA November 1, 2010 --Genre(s): Platformer, Action-adventure
2.10 min. | 5.0 user rating
Journey into Wasteland in an epic tale of creativity and discovery in this latest trailer from Disney Epic Mickey! Acclaimed developer, Warren Spector, takes you through this insightful video with a behind-the-scenes look at DISNEY EPIC MICKEY, the video game (IGN's nomination for "Best Wii Game" and "Best Platforming Game" of E3 2010). Become a fan on Facebook at facebook.com Pre-order at ‪nku.me TAGS: walt disney interactive studios junction point epic mickey video game videogame games nintendo wii journey into wasteland trailer warren spector deus ex kingdom hearts birth by sleep square enix paint thinner good vs evil best platforming sarah dope sarahdope oswald the lucky rabbit blot machinima ign entertainment weekly exclusive gameplay pax penny arcade expo gamescom gdc sdcc new york comic con forgotten legend
1.18 min. | 4.89 user rating
Click Here to Watch the Epic Mickey Opening Intro: www.youtube.com Epic Mickey PAX 2010 Opening Intro Part 2 [HD] Developer: Junction Point Release: Q4/2010 Genre: Adventure Platform: Wii Publisher: Disney Interactive A heroic tale of redemption and discovery, Disney Epic Mickey is an adventure-platforming game with light role-playing elements for the Nintendo Wii, featuring an iconic and retro Mickey Mouse inspired by cartoons of the 1920s and 1930s. Pulled into a warped Disney universe called the Cartoon Wasteland by an evil villain, Mickey finds himself in a world inhabited by the retired and forgotten cartoon characters and attractions from Disney's past. Mickey must use the very elements of animation, paint and paint thinner, to explore the Cartoon Wasteland, find the source of evil that is destroying the land, and redeem his fellow cartoon characters including Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Walt Disney's first cartoon star and Mickey's resentful half-brother. With visionary game designer Warren Spector behind the title, players choose their own path to defeat supreme evil, face the consequences of those decisions and ultimately free the Cartoon Wasteland. Follow Machinima on Twitter! Machinima twitter.com Inside Gaming twitter.com Machinima Respawn twitter.com Machinima Entertainment, Technology, Culture twitter.com FOR MORE MACHINIMA, GO TO: www.youtube.com FOR MORE GAMEPLAY, GO TO: www.youtube.com FOR MORE SPORTS GAMEPLAY, GO TO: www.youtube.com FOR MORE TRAILERS, GO TO <b>...</b>
2.93 min. | 4.42 user rating
Artist: ? (c) Junction Point Studios
3.03 min. | 4.96 user rating
facebook.com Pre-order: ‪nku.me Acclaimed developer, Warren Spector, takes you through this insightful video with a behind-the-scenes look at DISNEY EPIC MICKEY, the video game (IGN's nomination for "Best Wii Game" and "Best Platforming Game" of E3 2010). TAGS: walt disney interactive studios junction point warren spector importance of storytelling trailer featurette mickey mouse nintendo wii oswald lucky rabbit kingdom hearts square enix birth of sleep creative concept art paint thinner fantasia fantasy science fiction sarah dope sarahdope master blot forgotten yen sid merlin magic epic gameplay
1.02 min. | 5.0 user rating
facebook.com Pre-order: ‪nku.me Acclaimed developer, Warren Spector, takes you through this insightful video with a behind-the-scenes look at DISNEY EPIC MICKEY, the video game (IGN's nomination for "Best Wii Game" and "Best Platforming Game" of E3 2010). TAGS: walt disney interactive studios epic mickey video game videogame video games video games nintendo wii junction point trailer e3 expo electronic entertainment warren spector deus ex kingdom hearts paint thinner good vs evil behind the scenes developer dev diary sarah dope sarahdope best wii game platforming game oswald lucky rabbit paint blot opening cinematic pax penny arcade expo gamescom gdc merlin machinima mouse club sorcerer's apprentice kingdom hearts fantasia b-roll gameplay
2.75 min. | 3.93 user rating

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