DICE founder forms Antic Entertainment, unveils Junk: Battles
DICE founder Fredrik Liljegren has his sights set on free-to-play games, as he's revealed (via Gamasutra) his new studio, Antic Entertainment. He's joined by Digital Extremes alum Mark Mikulec and Jeff Evans at the London, Ontario-based studio, which features talent from a variety of titles such as Dark Sector, BioShock and DICE's Battlefield series.
In fact, the team's already got a title underway called Junk: Battles (Seriously? You named your game Junk?), an RTS hybrid designed to work in most major web browsers, where users create a ship and battle other users, gaining stats and ship parts as they progress. While the game is in its earliest stages, feel free to battle through all of the junk (sorry!) at its site here.
In fact, the team's already got a title underway called Junk: Battles (Seriously? You named your game Junk?), an RTS hybrid designed to work in most major web browsers, where users create a ship and battle other users, gaining stats and ship parts as they progress. While the game is in its earliest stages, feel free to battle through all of the junk (sorry!) at its site here.













Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Matt Ferens @ Sep 22nd 2009 5:30PM
Add big ears and you got Jak in that car.
Jawmuncher (PSN & XBL:Jawmuncher) @ Sep 22nd 2009 7:20PM
LOL exactly what I was thinking
ShadowflareXIII @ Sep 23rd 2009 3:37AM
Holy Crap! Who's driving in those pictures!
(although, most of the Halo matches and/or the AI in 3.......not too far off.)
REIGN x 777 @ Sep 22nd 2009 5:33PM
Wow. New studio, and they're already putting out junk. Great
:p
Traceur_Ryuk (PSN: Ryuk_shinigami) @ Sep 22nd 2009 5:35PM
Tee hee...
-Vexx- @ Sep 22nd 2009 5:48PM
Oh you clever person.
[ArchiGamer] [Painstakingly Written Before A Live Audience] @ Sep 22nd 2009 5:50PM
*golf clap
CH3BURASHKA @ Sep 22nd 2009 5:42PM
Junk Battles is cringe-worthy, but makes sense. But Junk:Battles? This is gives me enough reason to finally pull that goddamn trigger... Good bye...
Traceur_Ryuk (PSN: Ryuk_shinigami) @ Sep 22nd 2009 6:12PM
See ya, tell Michael Jackson I said hi.
Captain Planet [Planeteer | Power of Captain Planet] @ Sep 22nd 2009 5:43PM
Oh man, I can already imagine the headline that Joystiq uses in its review of this game:
REVIEW: Junk: Battles is just that, Junk but with Battles and Junk
Brendan H @ Sep 22nd 2009 6:05PM
I'd rather not have my junk battled.
LunarAura @ Sep 22nd 2009 6:22PM
Cel Damage redux?
Saihna @ Sep 22nd 2009 7:33PM
Looks sort of like Borderlands and Jak combined.
Eveningfall @ Sep 22nd 2009 11:01PM
The game is ok so far. I great game to play on a laptop or netbook.
nukee @ Sep 22nd 2009 8:36PM
I almost thought that was another Pixeljunk game...
Justin @ Sep 22nd 2009 9:28PM
Sad, dissapointing trend. I don't view web games as "real" games, to be honest.