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[Excelion]

in the last issue of PC Gamer.

Chris Taylor's successor to Total Annihilation: doesn't look as good as AoE3 but we all know it's all about gameplay.

Scans are up on GA nemesis forum

 

[PhatSaqs]

Fuck. I might have to get back into PC gaming for this

 

[Razoric]

yeah ive had that PC gamer for about a week... figured someone already posted about Supreme Commander. It sounds fucking awesome.

Guild Wars got an 85% I think (at work right now).

 

[Mashing]

YES!!!! FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY!

That looks fucking awesome

 

[Ghost]

OH MY GOD I NEED NEW PANTS.



p.s. EA will be kicking themselves for dropping this game.

 

[Ferrio]

Bah cant find pictures.

 

[jet1911]

Finally! TA is the best RTS I have ever played. This game putted my Pentium 133 on is knees back in the time. :lol And the soundtrack was really great too.

 

[Slo]

2006?

 

[thorns]

holy shit, TA = best RTS ever.

 

[Razoric]

i dont remember TA as fondly as some of you (ie i liked starcraft, red alert 2 and WC3 better) should i reinstall and try again or what??

 

[Fix]

OH MY GOD I NEED NEW PANTS.



p.s. EA will be kicking themselves for dropping this game.

EA dropped this? Serious?

 

[thorns]

2006 = Year of RTS?

Company of Heroes
Supreme Commander
Age of Empires 3
Rise of Legends

 

[Ghost]

EA dropped this? Serious?

Well GPG announced they were making an RTS for EA last year...and the article says a publisher had the rights to this game and turned it down.

 

[Aruarian Reflection]

We can't post magazine scans here, right? Too bad, but browse around TA-Universe if you want to see them.

I can't even come close to expressing my utter joy at hearing this news. TA is one of my top 3 games of all time.

 

[golem]

very cool too bad i didnt find DS2 beta very enjoyable at all... hopefully RTSes rekindle mr taylors creativity

 

[Sinatar]

Hmm I seem to remember Phatagram working on the TA sequel at one point in time.

 

[Ferrio]

Hmm I seem to remember Phatagram working on the TA sequel at one point in time.

Well this isn't TA2, it's TA's spiritual sucessor.

 

[Jonnyboy117]

2006 = Year of RTS?

Nah, whatever year Starcraft 2 comes out will be year of RTS. But I was a huge TA fan back in the day, so this news is exciting.

 

[Ghost]

Hmm I seem to remember Phatagram working on the TA sequel at one point in time.

They were before the whole NCsoft thing happened, that was years ago so i think we can presume TA2 KIA.


Maybe Atari will revive it now Taylor has a 'pretender' on the scene.


Personally my loyalty is to Taylors RTS games not the TA name, it wasn't exactly a rich universe.


I would love to see Phantogram do it in the KUF/99 nights engine though, 1000's of peewees on screen would make me giggle like a school girl.

 

[WarriorGSI]

First online preview (with more info) and lots of stories will be coming in the next week or so on GameSpy. Currently wrangling over an embargo date.

 

[Fix]

I wish Atari would just fucking fold already so GPG could pick up the name on the cheap.

 

[Excelion]

btw, what happened to Atari's internal Baldur's Gate game ? it was supposed to be at E3. Not that i care, the real BG3 is the Black Isle's coffin.

who cares about the TA licence ? the TA universe is generic, TA is about great gameplay.

 

[Vlad]

First online preview (with more info) and lots of stories will be coming in the next week or so on GameSpy. Currently wrangling over an embargo date.

Any chance of seeing videos?

 

[Danj]

We can't post magazine scans here, right? Too bad, but browse around TA-Universe if you want to see them.

Seems like they've been "removed at the request of PC Gamer". Sucks, I wanted to know about this game too. Oh well, allegedly it'll be showing up at GameSpy soon so I'll find out about it there I guess.

 

[thorns]

press release.. not much info though..

THQ and Gas Powered Games Team Up to Create New Franchise - Supreme Commander
Monday June 20, 2:08 pm ET
Famed PC Developer Chris Taylor Sets Sights on Revolutionizing RTS Genre

CALABASAS HILLS, Calif., June 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- THQ Inc. (Nasdaq: THQI - News) today announced that it has entered into a worldwide publishing agreement with Gas Powered Games, founded by game design visionary, Chris Taylor. The two companies will work together on the Windows PC Real-Time Strategy (RTS) game Supreme Commander. With Supreme Commander, Taylor, an early pioneer in the RTS category, will mark his return to a genre that he helped popularize.

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"Selecting a partner for Supreme Commander meant finding a publisher with our same commitment to developing innovative, high quality PC games," said Chris Taylor, founder and creative director, Gas Powered Games. "THQ is a clear global leader and we look forward to building the Supreme Commander franchise with them in the years to come."

"We strive to partner with the brightest and most creative development studios in the interactive industry," said Dan Kelly, senior vice president of business development, THQ. "The track record of Gas Powered Games places them among an elite class of developers and we are confident that together we will deliver a product that will make gamers across the world stand up and take notice."

"Our goal with this franchise is to take the RTS experience into the future," Taylor added. "Supreme Commander will deliver an exciting, accessible gaming experience on a huge scope and scale that will allow players to wield unprecedented control over the entire theater of war."

More details on Supreme Commander will be revealed this summer.

 

[etiolate]

Sweet!

 

[WarriorGSI]

No videos will be coming. Still too early.