Epic Mickey's Spector 'excited for the future'

Disney announced yesterday that it had closed down its Epic Mickey development house Junction Point Studios. Studio chief Warren Spector had been silent to that point other than a vague post on LinkedIn that he was unemployed. But Spector has finally spoken up via Facebook, saying that he still has plans for the future.

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Disney announced yesterday that it had closed down its Epic Mickey development house Junction Point Studios. Studio chief Warren Spector had been silent to that point other than a vague post on LinkedIn that he was unemployed. But Spector has finally spoken up via Facebook, saying that he still has plans for the future.

"Whatever you think of me, or Junction Point, or Disney or the Disney Epic Mickey games - yes, I know we polarized people! - I'll always look back on the last eight years with nothing but pride," he said in his post. "Rarely have I worked with a team more dedicated or harder working. Never have I been part of a game - of anything, really - that touched people at as deep or personal a level as the Epic Mickey games. That's priceless.

I said to myself as Junction Point embarked on the Epic Mickey journey that, worst case, we'd be 'a footnote in Disney history,'" he continued. "Looking back on it, I think we did far better than that. With Mickey Mouse as our hero, we introduced a mainstream audience to some cool 'core game' concepts... and, most especially, we restored Oswald the Lucky Rabbit to a place of prominence."

The post thanks Disney and his hardworking team, and mentions that he's still not sure what he will do next, but says he is "excited for the future." When Spector left Ion Storm in 2004, he founded Junction Point the following year, so it it is unlikely that he will stay idle for too long.

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    January 30, 2013 6:45 AM

    John Keefer posted a new article, Epic Mickey's Spector 'excited for the future'.

    Disney announced yesterday that it had closed down its Epic Mickey development house Junction Point Studios. Studio chief Warren Spector had been silent to that point other than a vague post on LinkedIn that he was unemployed. But Spector has finally spoken up via Facebook, saying that he still has plans for the future.

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      January 30, 2013 6:54 AM

      I'm not happy the studio is closed but I'm glad we don't have to hear from this guy anymore.

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        January 30, 2013 7:09 AM

        Why do you think you won't hear from him? He's Warren Spector. He'll go in to something new, probably start another studio.

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          January 30, 2013 7:46 AM

          I hope he makes his one block rpg.

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        January 30, 2013 10:52 AM

        I'm glad we won't have to hear from "drunk on the Disney Kool-Aid" Warren Spector. During the PR ramp-up, he was so bought into the whole Mickey and Oswald thing, it felt like he lost perspective of where the project was going. Yes, a leader needs initiative, but a good leader is also grounded enough to not go into crazy-town. We got "N64 Controller Mickey", followed up by a sequel that wasn't much better critically, and didn't have the Wii cloud to coast along on, since that cloud fizzled away by 2012.

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