Gas Powered Games

Infobox Company
company_name = Gas Powered Games
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company_type =
foundation = May, 1998
location = Redmond, WA
key_people = Chris Taylor
industry = Computer and video game industry
products = Dungeon Siege, Dungeon Siege II, Supreme Commander
revenue =
num_employees = 100+
homepage = [http://www.gaspowered.com/ www.gaspowered.com/]

Gas Powered Games is a video 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, "". 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".

In March 2006, Take-Two Interactive purchased the full publishing rights of the Dungeon Siege series [http://www.fragland.net/news.php?id=13047] [http://www.gamespot.com/news/6145979.html] ending the four-year Microsoft partnership with Gas Powered Games.

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. As a "stand alone expansion", was announced in June 2007, for a November release. [http://investor.thq.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=96376&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1020470&highlight=]

In May 2007, Gas Powered Games announced a partnership with "SEGA" to work on an original RPG. On July 6, 2007, the original RPG was announced as "Space Siege".

In January 2008, GPG announced their latest project, "Demigod", to be released sometime in early 2009.cite web |url=http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3165208 |title=Demigod Revealed |date=2008-01-03 |accessdate=2008-01-04 |publisher= ] It will be an Action RPG / RTS hybrid inspired by the "" mod Defense of the Ancients.

Titles

* "Dungeon Siege" - 2002
* "Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna" (expansion pack for "Dungeon Siege") - 2003
* "Dungeon Siege II" - 2005
* "" (expansion Pack for "Dungeon Siege 2") - 2006
* "" (for the "Sony PSP") - 2006
* "Supreme Commander" - 2007
* "" - 2007
* "Space Siege" - 2008
* "Demigod" - 2009

References

External links

* [http://www.gaspowered.com/ Gas Powered Games' official website]
* [http://www.mobygames.com/company/gas-powered-games/ MobyGames' entry on Gas Powered Games]
* [http://garage.gaspowered.com/ Gas Powered Games' official community support site]