History
The studio was established in 2005 by Warren Spector and Art Min. The new studio is 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 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.
On March 21, 2012, Warren Spector announced that a sequel to Epic Mickey is currently in development for Wii, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
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