New F2P MMO: Junk: Battles

Antic Entertainment, the brainchild of DICE's founder Fredrik Liljegren, is currently working on a free-to-play realtime action-strategy game titled "Junk: Battles".

Set in a post-apocalyptic world, players get to build their own vehicles and wage wars online, advancing their stats and earning additional vehicle parts for upgrades.

Gamespot shed some light on the production team at London, Ontario-based Antic, which is joined by Digital Extremes vets Mark Mikulec and Jeff Evans. The team's experience on franchises including DICE's Battlefield series, Digital Extremes' Dark Sector, and 2K's BioShock.

"Antic Entertainment's focus is to bring that AAA quality to our free-to-play titles, giving us tremendous opportunity for growth," says Liljegren. "This sector of the industry is just now coming into the limelight, as the consumer is adapting and seeking more flexible and efficient ways to play games."

"We're confident that our creative approach and well established development processes will address this market in new and exciting ways."

Description and features From the official site:

Junk: battles™ is a fast paced realtime action-strategy game where you build a vehicle out of your collected parts, and take it online to battle opponents all around the world earning new parts, prizes, statistics and more!

Set in a post apocalyptic world of ruin, you are a lone pilot looking for nothing more than mere survival... survival by means of obliterating other pilots and finding powerful parts to outfit your battle craft!

Features:

● Play for FREE!
● No download required! register and play now!
● Realtime action-strategy gameplay
● Collect over 220 unique parts to build your craft
● Persistent stat tracking to see how you rank up!

Screens and a couple of wallpapers:

You can start playing right now, just signup at the official Junk: Battles site!