Bungie co-founder Alex Seropian joins Disney

Disney Interactive Studios has added Bungie co-founder Alex Seropian to its team to head up its in-house videogame development teams. Disney has also acquired another company that Seropian helped found in 2004 after leaving Bungie: Wideload Games.

“We’re really trying to be a magnet in this industry for talent, as we are in so many other parts of the entertainment world,” said Graham Hopper, executive vice president and general manager of Disney Interactive Studios, in a conversation with NBC. “Having someone of Alex’s calibre join us is a tribute to the great people we have here already.”

The company also owns Junction Point, which is bought in 2007, bringing along Deus Ex creator Warren Spector into the family. Spector is rumored to be working on a Steampunk style game starring the iconic Disney character Mickey Mouse currently codenamed “Epic Mickey.”

Finally and probably most important of all, Disney now owns Marvel and all of its licenses after making it official at the end of August - though shareholder approval is still pending on that deal.

Source: GI.Biz