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Total Annihilation's Spiritual/Actual Sequel Planned?
Thanks to IGN PC for its article discussing hints from Chris Taylor of Gas Powered Games regarding a possible follow-up to seminal RTS Total Annihilation. Apparently, at a recent gaming career day, Taylor, the original designer of TA, informally confirmed "...that Gas Powered Games was working on 'an RTS follow-up to Total Annihilation'", but IGN note "it's not exactly clear yet [from his brief comment] on whether or not the game will be a true sequel... or simply a new RTS in the vein of Total Annihilation." Although Gas Powered Games are currently working on a sequel to Dungeon Siege for Microsoft, their jobs page confirms they're also looking for RTS genre artists, and an earlier GameSpy interview discusses this long-under-wraps strategy title. Taylor also mentioned the publisher of this new title is "a big one... one that doesn't also publish operating systems [like Microsoft]" - it seems Atari own the rights to Total Annihilation 2, and previously asked Korean developers Phantagram to develop a sequel before that deal allegedly fell through, though Taylor's game could still be a sequel in concept only.
Total Annihilation at Mobygames (lists places to buy)9 04/
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TAUniverse (long-living TA news site)
http://tauniverse.com/
TAMEC (lots of extra maps)
http://www.planetannihilation.com/tamec/
TADD (some of the best 3rd party units)
http://www.planetdungeonsiege.com/mercile
Uberhack (popular total conversion with altered unit stats and better AI)
http://www.tauniverse.com/forum/showthread.p