Gas Powered Games to work on future Supreme Commander titles, console titles

It’s nothing close to a Supreme Commander port for the next-gen console, but at least Gas Powered Games and “games industry rock star” Chris Taylor is looking to release future titles for next-gen consoles. In an interview with Games Industry, Chris Taylor revealed that GPG was “gassing” up for more title releases aimed at the PC and next-gen consoles.

In fact, a Gas Powered Games ad said, “Projects include PC titles within the Supreme Commander franchise, PC titles with original IP and something new – an original IP that is the company’s first next-generation console project.”

The problem is, there wasn’t any mention of what the title was or which among the next-gen console the title will be shipping to. Taylor said, “Yeah, I just can’t announce it. I’ll tell you it’s a console game, but I can’t tell you anything else right now.”

But upon review of the advertisement, you can be sure that the console title will not be a Supreme Commander or Dungeon Siege port. For PC gamers, looks like we’re going to have to visit Newegg for some much-needed upgrades, because Taylor has his eyes on the high-end platforms for the newer titles…again.

He particularly hinted, “The PC – I think later this year we’re going to see incredible systems that just take off. The multi-cores, the 64bit OS… Imagine a gaming rig with eight gigs of RAM and a one or two gig video card. It’s just super exciting.”

But because it took him about three years to develop the spiritual successor to Total Annihilation (released 1997), you can bet there’s a lot of time for price drops, tech changes, and penny-pinching before the next titles do come out.

It’s nothing close to a Supreme Commander port for the next-gen console, but at least Gas Powered Games and “games industry rock star” Chris Taylor is looking to release future titles for next-gen consoles. In an interview with Games Industry, Chris Taylor revealed that GPG was “gassing” up for more title releases aimed at the PC and next-gen consoles.

In fact, a Gas Powered Games ad said, “Projects include PC titles within the Supreme Commander franchise, PC titles with original IP and something new – an original IP that is the company’s first next-generation console project.”

The problem is, there wasn’t any mention of what the title was or which among the next-gen console the title will be shipping to. Taylor said, “Yeah, I just can’t announce it. I’ll tell you it’s a console game, but I can’t tell you anything else right now.”

But upon review of the advertisement, you can be sure that the console title will not be a Supreme Commander or Dungeon Siege port. For PC gamers, looks like we’re going to have to visit Newegg for some much-needed upgrades, because Taylor has his eyes on the high-end platforms for the newer titles…again.

He particularly hinted, “The PC – I think later this year we’re going to see incredible systems that just take off. The multi-cores, the 64bit OS… Imagine a gaming rig with eight gigs of RAM and a one or two gig video card. It’s just super exciting.”

But because it took him about three years to develop the spiritual successor to Total Annihilation (released 1997), you can bet there’s a lot of time for price drops, tech changes, and penny-pinching before the next titles do come out.