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  Foundation May, 1998
  Key People Chris Taylor
  Industry Computer And Video Game Industry
  Products Dungeon Siege , Dungeon Siege II , Supreme Commander
  Num Employees 70+
  Homepage wwwgaspoweredcom/


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 ''. 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 late 2006 including many revolutionary, and evolutionary, features that are now expected from Chris Taylor.

In March of Take-Two Interactive purchased the full publishing rights of Dungeon Siege series [http://www.gamespot.com/news/6145979.html ending the 4 year Microsoft partnership with Gas Powered Games.

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