Report: Disney video game division lays off 50 employees
Separate from the closure of Warren Spector’s Junction Point Studios, the developers of the Epic Mickey series, 50 more employees reportedly lost their jobs at Disney Interactive yesterday, according to the LA Times. The paper’s source is “a knowledgeable person not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.”
Disney Interactive Studios endured huge layoffs across 2011, including the closure of Split/Second developer Black Rock. We’ve reached out to Disney Interactive Studios for comment on today’s report.
We learned yesterday Epic Mickey 2 sold 529,000 copies in the US during 2012, with that return on investment certainly sealing the deal on Junction Point’s closure. Since then, Epic Mickey creator and Junction Point founder Warren Spector posted a public goodbye to his studio on Facebook, which we’ve printed in full after the break.
Spector was effusive in his farewell to Junction Point, saying he’s rarely worked with a “team more dedicated or harder working.” While he noted the games “polarized” critics and fans, Spector said he’s never been part of anything as deeply touching as his Epic Mickey series.
Will the man behind Deus Ex be back? “Let just say, now it’s time to move to the next adventure,” Spector wrote. “I honestly don’t know what that will be yet, so don’t ask.”Continue reading Report: Disney video game division lays off 50 employeesReport: Disney video game division lays off 50 employees originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 30 Jan 2013 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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