Gas Powered Games
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| Gas Powered Games | |
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| Type | |
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| Founded | May, 1998 |
| Headquarters | |
| Key people | Chris Taylor |
| Industry | Computer and video game industry |
| Products | Dungeon Siege, Dungeon Siege II, Supreme Commander |
| Employees | 70+ |
| Website | www.gaspowered.com/ |
Gas Powered Games is a computer game developer located in Redmond, Washington. 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, Dungeon Siege: 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.
GPG released Supreme Commander (SupCom), a real-time strategy game in February 2007, published by THQ. Announced in the August 2005 issue of PC Gamer magazine, Chris Taylor touted SupCom as the spiritual successor to Total Annihilation as TA remains the intellectual property of Atari.
In March 2006, Take-Two Interactive purchased the full publishing rights of the Dungeon Siege series [1] [2] ending the four-year Microsoft partnership with Gas Powered Games.
[edit] Titles
- Dungeon Siege
- Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna (expansion pack for Dungeon Siege)
- Dungeon Siege 2
- Supreme Commander
