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0  Atlus's First HD Title Is From Persona Staff Wed, Aug 18th, 2010, 1:38 pm (EST) BY SHAWN Up until now, Atlus's Japanese has been reluctant to release HD titles, with their only HD titles being publishing agreements with other developers such as Demon's Souls with their North America branch. That changes as of today, as Atlus has announced their first HD tile: Catherine. More »

	1  Star Wars Clone Wars Adventures Game To Debut With Season Premiere Wed, Aug 11th, 2010, 9:06 pm (EST) BY COLIN Season three of George Lucas and Lucasfilm's Stars Wars: The Clone Wars will be premiering on September 17 and together with it, Lucasart's and Sony Online Entertainment's collaborative game, Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures. More »

0  New EverQuest Next Game Art Revealed Fri, Aug 6th, 2010, 11:52 pm (EST) BY ADAM MA EverQuest is a game that I never personally enjoyed, but deserves a bit of respect. As the forerunner of a lot of MMO concepts, EQ has slipped quite a long way from being king of the hill. Still, it likes like SOE isn't quite ready to let go of the franchise yet. EQ2 is still receiving support after all, and now Massively has drawn some attention to a few interesting (and beautiful) screenshots. More »

7  DC Universe Online Gets Full Trailer Sat, Jul 24th, 2010, 11:34 pm (EST) BY ADAM MA Never judge a book by it's cover. It's a rule of thumb that can be safely applied to most aspects of life, video game trailers included. That being said, it's hard not to be absolutely blown away by the amount of detail that's been put into DC Universe Online's CG opener. It explains the plot, provides some character background, and throws down an action-packed gauntlet. More »

0  SOE Layoffs Send 35 Employees LFG Sun, Jul 18th, 2010, 2:29 am (EST) BY ADAM MA Recently announcing they would be eliminating 'just over 4 percent of it's full-time workforce', SOE has downsized in a move that will somehow make life better for it's customers. The move will also make sure that SOE can develop games for a 'wider, more diverse audience'. More »

0  Sony Online Entertainment Lays Off 35 Employees Fri, Jul 16th, 2010, 3:28 pm (EST) BY COLIN Sony Online Entertainment, aka SOE, has recently layed off roughly 4% of its workforce, that's 35 employees. Scott Gulbransen, Senior Director of Global PR & Corp Communications at SOE gave a statement to Joystiq, saying that it was necessary to "better align the company's resources." However, that's about as much detail as he would like to devulge. More »

1  Jaffe Dupes Everyone: Twisted Metal Official Revealed Tue, Jun 15th, 2010, 6:48 pm (EST) BY DARRYL After a ton of speculation, which has spanned what seems like years, David Jaffe finally announced the game that Eat Sleep Play have been working on - the industry's worst kept secret, Twisted Metal. No release date was set, and it doesn't look like it will support Move in any way whatsoever, but the core gameplay still looks exceedingly fun and it looks like there will be a ton of new additions. More »

0  Star Wars Clone Wars Adventures MMO Announced Wed, Jun 2nd, 2010, 9:58 am (EST) BY COLIN Sony Online Entertainment and Lucasarts are busy at work on a new Star Wars MMO based on the The Clone Wars series. The title is currently being developed by the studio responsible for Free Realms. More »

0  Red Dead Redemption Release Date Trailer Revealed Fri, Nov 27th, 2009, 12:42 am (EST) BY KYLE WYNEN Update: We were mistaken, a GameTrailers user had uploaded the trailer to that website. We have updated the story with Rockstar's release. 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 »

	0  PlanetSide Sequel Named: PlanetSide Next Posted on 2009/10/11 BY NELSON We already knew that Sony Online Entertainment was working on a sequel to PlanetSide. However, up until this point, there was no confirmed name for the title. Sony have decided to break the silence and announce that the next game in the PlanetSide franchise will be called, PlanetSide Next. More »

3  TGS 2009: LittleBigPlanet PSP Hands-On Posted on 2009/10/08 BY KYLE WYNEN At Sony's booth at Tokyo Game Show 2009 were a number of PSP games. So many in-fact that Sony opted for a ticket system to keep some sanity in the booth, instead of a set of individual lines. LittleBigPlanet PSP was one of the titles on display among other first and third party titles at Sony's booth, so when Gaming Union took its turn at the ticket counter, pouring over Japanese images of PSP game logos like we were at an ice cream shop choosing flavours, LittleBigPlanet PSP was one of our first choices. More »

0  DC Universe Online Packs a Punch Posted on 2009/06/17 BY ALEX One of the more pleasant surprises of this year’s E3 was DC Universe Online, an upcoming title from SOE. The game involves the player making their own superhero (or supervillain) and unleashing them upon Metropolis and Gotham City. While iconic characters such as Superman, Batman and The Joker will be present and prominent, they won’t be playable, instead playing a role as teammates during missions. If your ideal superhero has traits similar to them, never fear; Superman-like strength and Batmanesque acrobatics are all within reach as superpowers! More »

1  PlayStation 3 Exclusive Line-Up Looking Stellar Posted on 2009/06/08 BY DARRYL Sony came into their conference with all guns blazing as they showed a host of games for their premier system, the PlayStation 3. The collection was large, and there were a lot of multi-platform titles on show, but they also did some extensive live demos of the games which are coming exclusively to their system. There was also a large quantity of other exclusive titles available for playing on the show floor. More »