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.

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Alas...

[king-manic]

Where are the real RTS players. TA barly was a blink in RTS's players minds. The only ones who remember it fondly are the non-RTS players. Read all the comments and you will find comments like "TA was the only RTS I liked". As a true RTs player I'd have to say Ta was mediochre. Not greta. Not horrible. Good but short of the goal. Compared to it's compatriots, C&C: Red alert, Startcraft, Age of empires; TA had no personality. It was bland, the games were longs (3h battles due to the insane power of Defence). It sold about as well as C&C:95 the updated version of C&C made a year or two after. IT was a minor blip. Not some legendary game. Tell me Starcraft is havign a sequel and real RTS gamer will rejoice. Tell us Age of Empires III is coming and REal RTS gamers will rejoice,Tell us Dune III is coming and has nothign to do with EA and we'll rejoiceit, Tell us C&C: Red Alert 3 is comign and we'll hoep to god EA has nothignt o do with it. Tell us TA 2 is coming and you'll get a collective "Meh" from all of us.