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0  Interview With Antic Entertainment On Junk Battles Sat, Feb 20th, 2010, 11:12 am (EST) BY KYLE WYNEN Last month Gaming Union reviewed a browser based, free-to-play game call Junk Battles. Little do most gamers know that one of the key developers behind the title is Fredrik Liliegren, Co-Founder and former CEO of DICE, the now EA-owned studio that brought the Battlefield series to the masses. Liliegren now heads Antic Entertainment as the company's CEO, spearheading Junk Battles' on-going development with Technical Director Mark Mikulec, and Creative Director Jeff Evans, who not to mention both worked on Dark Sector and Bioshock. Gaming Union sat down with Liliegren, Mikulec, and Evans to talk about Junk Battles, why they're working on browser based games, and where they see themselves in the future. More »

0  Exclusive Denis Dyack Interview: Part 2 Posted on 2009/11/16 BY KYLE WYNEN Denis Dyack, President of development studio Silicon Knights, spoke recently at DIG London 2009, and GamingUnion.net caught up with the industry veteran for an interview. We presented Part 1 of our two part interview with Dyack yesterday, where the conversation went from changing publishers and digital distribution to used game sales. In Part 2 Dyack speaks to how used game sales are actually exploiting video game developers. More »

	0  Exclusive Denis Dyack Interview: Part 1 Posted on 2009/11/15 BY DARRYL Denis Dyack is one of the most well known figures in the videos games industry, both for his views and because he's the president and founder of Silicon Knights. He recently attended DIG London 2009 in London, Ontario, where he took part in a core values interview which was hosted by our very own Kyle Wynen. More »

1  Avatar: The Game Interview With Patrick Naud Posted on 2009/10/08 BY KYLE WYNEN Ubisoft had a pretty prominent booth at Tokyo Game Show 2009 as they showed off Assassin's Creed 2 and Splinter Cell. However, they also showed another game that drew long lines and that was James Cameron's Avatar: The Game. After showing off the stereoscopic (better known as 3D) version of the game, Gaming Union caught up with Patrick Naud, the Producer of Avatar: The Game. More »

1  Exclusive DIG London 2009 Interview Posted on 2009/09/22 BY KYLE WYNEN DIG London is a London, Ontario based game developers conference, attended by the likes of Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Bioshock 2's Digital Extremes, Silicon Knights, and other influential development studios. Debuting last year, speakers like Jade Raymond and Denis Dyack brought a lot to the developers conference, but DIG London is back for 2009, and looking to expand on it's success last year. More »

	0  Exclusive DC Universe Online Interview Posted on 2009/09/14 BY DARRYL DC Universe Online is coming out for the PlayStation 3 and PC and is one of the most highly anticipated MMORPGs on the horizon, as it uses the world of DC Comics, and lets players take control. More »

	0  LIGHTS Interview Part 2: LIGHTS The Musician Posted on 2009/08/30 BY DARRYL LIGHTS has really started to make a name for herself recently in the music industry, and after she released an EP, she started work on a new project called The Listening. More »

0  LIGHTS Interview Part 1: LIGHTS The Gamer Posted on 2009/08/28 BY DARRYL Aside from singing, LIGHTS loves to play video games. She is an avid World of Warcraft player, and is actually taking part in Microsoft's Game with Fame, an event that's taking place on the 29th of August, 2009 in Ontario, Canada. We recently had the opportunity to catch up with LIGHTS during her UK tour to ask her about this event, how she got into gaming, and to ask about any possible involvement she might have with the industry in the future. More »

0  Interview With Free Realms Lead Designer Posted on 2009/08/28 BY DARRYL Free Realms launched on the PC earlier this year, and it marked a new adventure for Sony Online Entertainment. Being a MMO for all ages, Free Realms is also completely free to play, although it's possible to engage in micro-transactions and it's a model that's really helped it blossom. More »

	0  Warhammer Online Interview With Roland Cox & Mark Davis Posted on 2009/08/27 BY DARRYL Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning is an MMORPG for the PC which is made by Mythic Entertainment. It's relatively new to the MMO scene though, as it's now approaching its first birthday. More »

0  Interview With Riot Games On League Of Legends Posted on 2009/08/26 BY DARRYL Riot Games has a pretty impressive staff roll, and they're looking to really take the industry by storm with their game, League of Legends. More »

0  Interview With Championship Manager's Roy Meredith: Part 2 Posted on 2009/08/25 BY DARRYL As well as hosting a host of new features, this year's Championship Manager has grabbed the headlines for an extremely innovative campaign which allows gamers to purchase the game for as little as 1p, plus a transaction fee. More »

	1  Interview With Championship Manager's Roy Meredith: Part 1 Posted on 2009/08/24 BY DARRYL Championship Manager has been catching the headlines for all the right reasons lately, as after taking a two year break from the scenes, it's back with a bang. More »

	0  Bentley Jones On: Future Musical Endeavours Posted on 2009/07/25 BY DARRYL He's had chart success in Japan and been involved with the music composition on a video game franchise that he cherished as a youngster - and still does. That sounds like a pretty successful career so far. More »

0  Bentley Jones On: His Career So Far Posted on 2009/07/24 BY DARRYL Bentley Jones has become renowned for his recent musical work with the Sonic franchise, having worked on numerous projects. His most famous involvement was arguably with Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), where he worked on Dreams of an Absolution, but he has also worked on True Blue: The Best of Sonic the Hedgehog and the Vocal Trax for Sonic and the Black Knight. More »

	0  Bentley Jones On: Sonic The Hedgehog Posted on 2009/07/23 BY DARRYL Bentley Jones isn't your average man. He's sold over 7 million records as a producer, had chart success in Japan and been involved with composition and arrangement on recent Sonic the Hedgehog games. More »

	3  Interview With Brian Allgeier About Ratchet Posted on 2009/07/01 BY DARRYL Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time is set to be Insomniac Games' next addition to their Ratchet & Clank franchise when it's released on the PlayStation 3 towards the end of 2009. More »

	1  Interview With Capcom's Seth Killian Posted on 2009/06/29 BY DARRYL Towards the end of May, Gaming Union had the chance to talk with Seth Killian, who is the Community Manager for Capcom, about a multitude of different topics, from Marvel vs Capcom 2 to Dark Void. More »

	0  E3 2009: Todd Howard Fallout 3 Interview Posted on 2009/06/18 BY DARRYL At this year's E3, Gaming Union had the opportunity to talk to one of Bethesda's most influential employees, Todd Howard. He has been heavily involved with the Elder Scrolls series, and more recently Fallout 3. More »

2  Borderlands Creative Director Q and A Posted on 2009/06/10 BY KYLE WYNEN Borderlands has been a long time coming from 2K Games and Gearbox Software, and on display at last week's E3 one particular facet on the game that caught Gaming Union's eye was the dramatic change in art style. Previously borderlands had a much gruffer, more realistic look, but since then Gearbox has swapped the art style for cell shading and a lighter feel. More »