Junction Point, the Studio Behind Epic Mickey, Has Been Shut Down

<p><a title&equals;"Crytek Makes a New Studio in Austin&comma; Contains Former Vigil Employees" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;crytek-studio-austin-vigil-employees&sol;">One studio goes up<&sol;a>&comma; another studio is taken down&comma; as Disney has confirmed that the <em>Epic Mickey<&sol;em> studio Junction Point has been closed&comma; due to the company&&num;8217&semi;s ongoing efforts to adapt to the current gaming market&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p><em>&&num;8220&semi;It was with much sadness that we informed our teams today of changes to our Games organization&comma; which include the closure of Junction Point Studios&period; These changes are part of our ongoing effort to address the fast-evolving gaming platforms and marketplace and to align resources against our key priorities&period; We&&num;8217&semi;re extremely grateful to Warren Spector and the Junction Point team for their creative contributions to Disney with Disney Epic Mickey and Disney Epic Mickey 2&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Rumors of the studios closure were <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;georgeb3dr&sol;status&sol;296009677056143361">out<&sol;a> and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;RobertsSpaceInd&sol;status&sol;296051020482609152">about <&sol;a>before this official announcement&comma; but that doesn&&num;8217&semi;t make the real thing any less easier to handle&period; Hopefully many of the former Junction Point employees can find work elsewhere and continue doing what they enjoy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"zemanta-related-title" style&equals;"font-size&colon; 1em&semi;">Related articles<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image" style&equals;"margin&colon; 0&semi; padding&colon; 0&semi; overflow&colon; hidden&semi;">&NewLine;<li class&equals;"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style&equals;"padding&colon; 0&semi; background&colon; none&semi; list-style&colon; none&semi; display&colon; block&semi; float&colon; left&semi; vertical-align&colon; top&semi; text-align&colon; left&semi; width&colon; 84px&semi; font-size&colon; 11px&semi; margin&colon; 2px 10px 10px 2px&semi;"><a style&equals;"box-shadow&colon; 0px 0px 4px &num;999&semi; padding&colon; 2px&semi; display&colon; block&semi; border-radius&colon; 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