Disney Interactive has officially announced the closure of Junction Point Studios. Junction Point, known for the hit Epic Mickey series, was established by veteran game designer Warren Spector in 2005 and acquired by Disney in 2007. Spector, with a catalogue of game credits including Deus Ex and System Shock, left fans and family with a few parting words in an open letter on his Facebook account… [ Read More... ]
These days, selling 270,000 copies across multiple systems just isn’t enough. Disney has opted to close the game development studio Junction Point. Junction Point developed both Disney’s Epic Mickey and Epic Mickey 2.
Disney gave the following statement to Gamasutra..
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. These changes … [ Read More... ]
Thanks to the wonders of crowd funding, gamers now have a special opportunity to support what they believe in with cash. It also gives companies the ability to go down risky or interesting avenues without losing any money. GarageGames is looking for funding for their popular Torque 3D game engine to Linux. Not just the ability to play those games on Linux… but the ability to actually build … [ Read More... ]
These are the games nominated for the 13th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards. That is, games regarded as great from fellow game developers. Game Developers Choice Awards is part of the Game Developer’s Conference 2013.
Check out the list here…
Game of the Year