Warren Spector

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Deus Ex Designer Honoured With Game Developer Lifetime Achievement Award

7:30AM February 4, 2012 | Mike Fahey

With nearly 30 years in game development and a career spent crafting unique gaming experiences like Deus Ex and Epic Mickey, Warren Spector has been chosen to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 12th annual Game Developers Choice Awards. More »


Retro

This Place Was A Breeding Program For Great Games, Famous Devs

2:00PM April 7, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Aside from perhaps Nintendo, there are few video game studios that have ever existed which have been home to so many of the industry’s best and brightest as Looking Glass managed. More »


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Epic Mickey Creator Starts Spinning DuckTales

3:00AM February 18, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Proving his deep love for classic Disney characters in Epic Mickey, acclaimed video game creator Warren Spector takes on Disney’s first feathered family as the writer for BOOM! Studios’ DuckTales comic book. Will he solve a mystery, or rewrite history? More »


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Disney Guts Internal Game Development Staff

5:15PM January 25, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

CNBC reports that up to half of Disney’s internal game development staff – think Epic Mickey and Junction Point – has been fired. And that’s not including the 170 from last week. More »


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Epic Mickey Shifts 1.3 Million Units In The US

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1:00PM January 17, 2011 | Mark Serrels

Wow. We did not see that coming. Reports are confirming that, despite some middling reviews, Epic Mickey has solid over 1.3 million units in the US, becoming one of the most successful 3rd party Wii games in recent history. More »


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Epic Mickey’s Designer Addresses Kloodgy Camera Complaints

11:30AM December 10, 2010 | Owen Good

A common criticism of Disney’s Epic Mickey (made by Totilo in his review, too) concerns the game’s flawed camera view. Warren Spector, the game’s designer, says the problem is the game bridges two styles that use fairly standard angles. More »


Review: Epic Mickey Reveals The Price Of Mischief, But With Camera Obscured

6:00AM December 7, 2010 | Stephen Totilo

Mickey Mouse is no Super Mario. He’s the star of a more unusual kind of game on the Nintendo Wii, a game that starts poorly but finishes as one of the best hero stories of the year. More »


In Real Life

Epic Mickey Creator Immortalised In Trading Card Form

7:20AM November 30, 2010 | Mike Fahey

Artist Len Peralta commemorates this week’s release of Epic Mickey by adding creator Warren Spector to his “Geek a Week” collectable card art project. Check out more art and a podcast interview with Spector at the “Geek a Week” website. More »


The Many Inspirations Behind Disney Epic Mickey

4:20AM November 24, 2010 | Brian Crecente

newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/JJvJpNSTSRw&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1","customParams":[] ,"width":500,"height":332.5,"ratio":0.615,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube","wrap":true,"agegate":false} ); There are a lot of things to love about upcoming Wii exclusive Disney Epic Mickey. Among my short list? That the game’s creators were able to mine Disney’s 80 years of history to make the game. More »


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Epic Mickey Champion Says Bye-Bye Disney

10:00PM November 23, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

Disney Interactive Studios started out as a small Disney arm that mainly churned out licensed games for kids. Today, it’s a major game player. The man that made that happen is leaving the company. More »