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Gas Powered Games is a computer game developer located in the Seattle, Washington area. The development studio was started in May 1998 by Chris Taylor, creator of Total Annihilation, and several other ex-Cavedog Entertainment employees.
Gas Powered Games' launch title was the 2002 3D role-playing game (RPG) Dungeon Siege, published by Microsoft Game Studios. Apart from its custom graphics engine, it also featured simple and innovative RPG rules and mechanics that made it stand out from a market already crowded with sword & sorcery/fantasy role-playing games. Due to its cutting-edge engine, Dungeon Siege was three years in the making.
In 2003 Gas Powered released a stand-alone expansion pack for the game, Legends of Aranna. The expansion was co-developed by Mad Doc Software and again published by Microsoft Game Studios. In August 2005, Gas Powered released its sequel to Dungeon Siege, Dungeon Siege II.
The latest addition to GPG's lineup is expected to be Supreme Commander (SupCom), a real-time strategy game. Announced in the August 2005 issue of PC Gamer magazine, Chris Taylor touts SupCom as the spiritual successor to Total Annihilation as TA remains the intellectual property of Atari. SupCom has been under development, in secret, from earlier than mid-2004 and is expected for release in early 2007 including many revolutionary, and evolutionary, features that are now expected from Chris Taylor.
In March of 2004, Gas Powered Games announced that THQ will be the publisher for Supreme CommanderIn March 2006 Take-Two Interactive purchased the full publishing rights of Dungeon Siege series * ending the 4 year Microsoft partnership with Gas Powered Games.
Titles
- Total Annihilation
- The Core Contingency (expansion pack for Total Annihilation)
- Kingdoms (expansion pack for Total Annihilation)
- Dungeon Siege
- Legends of Aranna (expansion pack for Dungeon Siege)
- Dungeon Siege 2
- Supreme Commander
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"Gas Powered Games"