Junction Point shut down

skankerzero

That's the word.

I hope i'm dead wrong, but the rumors leading up to this say otherwise.

Hope everyone lands on their feet. And of course, we're here to help.

Zepic

Where did you hear about this?

skylebones

I'm curious if this is true because I heard on Friday that this was happening, but figured it was just a rumor.

skankerzero

JP shutting down is a very badly kept secret here in Austin.

There have been some leaks, so stay tuned.

Justin Meisse

yes, I've been hearing rumors about layoffs

skylebones

Article.

http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/28/disney-shutters-epic-mickey-developer-junction-point/

Sucks to hear that and good luck everyone! Rough week in Austin.

Mark Dygert

Wow total shut down? I thought layoff for sure, but I didn't think they would shutter the place. I guess they where serious about getting rid of console development.

Zyloh

This really sucks. Best of luck to anyone hit with this.

Mister Sentient

Not surprising really...

"We’ll look opportunistically at console, most likely in licensing rather than publishing, but we think that given the nature of these characters and how well known they are, and the storytelling, that they lend themselves quite nicely, as they’ve already demonstrated to the other platforms."

http://metro.co.uk/2012/10/30/disney-buys-star-wars-will-focus-on-social-and-mobile-games-610587/

ebagg

Goddammit. Any word on Disney absorbing some of the staff elsewhere?

skylebones

And now it's confirmed.



http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/29/disney-closes-junction-point/

Karmageddon

Rocky time for Austin developers, I'm so sorry to hear it :C

PolyHertz

Not that surprising unfortunately. The only reason they stayed open this long, after Disney decided to end console development, was that Epic Micky 1 did so well commercially (critically is another matter).

Blaizer

Disney's Epic Mickey 2 was a critical and commercial failure for the company

Now they will hate mickey mouse...

They should do a market study before doing any game, damn.

Ryan Clark

Sad news for Austin

Anybody hit by the recent layoffs, if you could use a free CB license (for portfolio work or whatever), please PM me or email ryan@crazybump.com

Karmageddon

Ryan Clark wrote: »

Sad news for Austin

Anybody hit by the recent layoffs, if you could use a free CB license (for portfolio work or whatever), please PM me or email ryan@crazybump.com

Aww, that's very kind of you to do that