Fans of the classic real-time strategy game Total Annihilation will be pleased to know that original designer Chris Taylor (who left developer Cavedog to set up Gas Powered Games and do the Dungeon Siege games) has returned to the genre that made him famous.

Taylor and Gas Powered are developing Supreme Commander, due for release in early 2007. While it doesn't use the TA name, a quick look at the game's features and screenshots reveals it could almost be called TA 2 -- the game fans wanted but never got after Cavedog instead developed the dire TA Kingdoms following Taylor’s departure.

Supreme Commander features many ideas TA fans will recognise, including a vast array of futuristic units covering land, sea and air, and ranging from small, cheap units to mega-units that take time and resources to complete. But perhaps the game's most notable feature appears to be the scale of its maps, and Gas Powered Games’ attempt to bring a true strategic level of gameplay to an RTS through the scale of the terrain.

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