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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Krackers87 on December 21, 2004, 08:51:13 pm

Title: Total Annihilation (Some history and the future of TA 2)
Post by: Krackers87 on December 21, 2004, 08:51:13 pm

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- Chris Taylor wants to make a "Really Cool Wargame" (Anyone know when CT was born ?)
- 1995 : Chris Taylor starts making it for Humongous Entertainement
- 1997 : GT Interactive purchases Humongous from Ron Gilbert and Shelley Day.
- 1997 : As Humongous Entertainment was usually doing baby videogames, to avoid taunting when announcing a great RTS, they decide to create a small company, called Frozen Yak. Eventually they find that Cavedog sounds better
- 1997 : Cavedog releases TA
- 1998 : Cavedog releases TA:CC
- 1998 : Cavedog makes Boneyard
- 1998 : Chris Taylor leaves Cavedog
- ???? : Cavedog makes TA:BT, TA:K, TA:K:IP
- ???? : GT Interactive has financial difficulties, which impact on Humongous and so on Cavedog
- 2000 : Infogrames absorbs GT Interactive, and so gets the TA license
- 2002 : Infogrames announces that they asked a small Korean company called Phantagram to develop a TA2
- 2003 : Infogrames takes the name of Atari, so as to hide its French armadillo origin and take advantage of Atari fame.
- ???? : For reasons undisclosed, Phantagram is no longer involved with a TA2 project
- 2004 : Grok, from Atari Public Relations, mod of Atari TA forums, posts cryptic messages about a new TA.
- 2004 : We believe there isn't any official TA2 project any more.


Meanwhile :
- 1998 : Chris Taylor has founded a company called Gas Powered Games (GPG)
- 2002 : GPG issues its first game, Dungeon Siege
- ???? : Dungeon Siege is successful
- 2003 : Jeremy Snook (GPG Online Producer) tells us that "RTS 2.0" is in pre-production :
- 2003 : We know the name will be Supreme Commander (SUPCOM for short)
- 2004 : Chris Taylor begins to annouced that they are working on a new RTS
- 2004 : Which is due to be published by Electronic Arts in 2006
- Now : Many TAers look forward to what could be an unofficial sequel to TA.

Found this very intresting while browsing through TAU

Title: Total Annihilation (Some history and the futere of TA 2)
Post by: willy_principal on December 23, 2004, 06:42:07 pm

I though this was a forum about Freespace...sorry...i must be lost...............(i'm obiously joking)

Title: Total Annihilation (Some history and the futere of TA 2)
Post by: Kosh on December 24, 2004, 02:11:08 am

Shouldn't this be moved to the main Hard Light forum?

Title: Total Annihilation (Some history and the futere of TA 2)
Post by: Krackers87 on December 24, 2004, 05:12:55 pm

Yes, i posted about that in the IG2 thread

Title: Total Annihilation (Some history and the futere of TA 2)
Post by: IceFire on December 24, 2004, 05:33:13 pm

Moved to the appropriate forum.

Title: Total Annihilation (Some history and the futere of TA 2)
Post by: SadisticSid on December 25, 2004, 10:13:52 am

I chatted with Chris Taylor at the end of 2002 I think, we were discussing ideas for a (non-starter) TA2 game we had in mind. At around the same time I think we chatted to Jeremy Snook and someone else on IRC as well when they had just started brainstorming for 'TA2', it was cool :)

Title: Total Annihilation (Some history and the futere of TA 2)
Post by: Moonsword on December 25, 2004, 10:29:48 am

It could be interesting, but I'm taking a 'wait-and-see' attitude on this one.  Kingdoms wasn't that great, IMO, not as good as TA.

Title: Total Annihilation (Some history and the futere of TA 2)
Post by: SadisticSid on December 25, 2004, 10:32:24 am

Well Kingdoms wasn't a Chris Taylor title, he'd left Cavedog by then. But then I wasn't too enthusiastic about Dungeon Siege, it was basically a better-looking Diablo clone.

Title: Total Annihilation (Some history and the futere of TA 2)
Post by: Sandwich on December 25, 2004, 05:01:32 pm

I was JUST looking up TA-related news on Gamespot not 5 minutes ago! Great timing on the info, Krackers. :yes:

Title: Total Annihilation (Some history and the futere of TA 2)
Post by: SadisticSid on December 28, 2004, 08:21:48 pm

Sarny... you might be interested in this:

http://taspring.clan-sy.com/

Title: Total Annihilation (Some history and the futere of TA 2)
Post by: Liberator on December 28, 2004, 10:16:48 pm

That link is very cool!

Title: Total Annihilation (Some history and the futere of TA 2)
Post by: Sandwich on December 29, 2004, 03:11:59 am

Ooh, kewlness!

Title: Total Annihilation (Some history and the futere of TA 2)
Post by: aldo_14 on December 29, 2004, 03:47:58 am

[q] 2003 : We know the name will be Supreme Commander (SUPCOM for short)[/q]

Derek Smart will be having kittens over that.........