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Square Enix to publish Supreme Commander 2
Author: Joe MartinPublished: 13th November 2008
Supreme Commander 2 is now set to be published by Japanese publisher Square Enix.
The deal, which is unusual as Square Enix has traditionally stayed with Japanese RPGs whereas Gas Powered Games is a western developer with a history in the strategy genre, is a deliberate change of pace for Square Enix.
"We see great opportunities in European and North American markets, both of which are expected to be maintaining sustainable growth over these coming years," explained Yoichi Wada, Square Enix boss.
The move is part of an increased effort by Square Enix to try and penetrate western markets and genres.
"It is crucial we create alliances with proven developers such as Gas Powered Games in order to serve these significant markets better by providing products and services in tune with customer tastes," Yoichi continued.
Supreme Commander opened to great reviews when it was first released and many fans were won over by the mix of large-scale conflict and giant stompy robots. You can check our review of Supreme Commander information, as well as some of Chris Taylor's later games such as Space Siege.
No release date has yet been announced for Supreme Commander 2, but Square Enix has confirmed that it is in development as we speak.
Are you looking forward to a new Supreme Commander game? Let us know in the forums.
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But now i am warming up a bit if you make me another Supreme Commander....
If you knock on my door i just might let you in now Square Enix...
if they keep them seperate then i cant see if being an issue but supcom has one of the best interfaces ive seen in RTS in recent years and for it to be consolified would be borderlining on a criminal act.
i know supcom got a 360 port eventually, how did that work out in the end?
One thing I hated was the apparent lack of support for the game. Lots of horrible bugs when it came to patching it too.
Agreed!
What? So you want a Power Rangers game?
Hmm, OK, thinks I; I've been building lots of stuff. My machine must not be up to it. I'll run the level again and not build anything, just to make sure. Fifteen minutes in, two frames a second, even with nothing on screen but sand.
Then Game didn't want to give me a refund. Did they ever fix these issues?
Loved the original Supcom but I never actually played FA.
and i kno it sounds crazy, but if SC can be bigger and have more units, that would be even better. :) love the zooming in and out.
That would be sick. (The one from FFVIII, right?)
What exactly does publish mean? Do they have a direct role is producing the game?
THe thought of a second one excites me in all the politically correct ways.
In the higher levels i failed to do bothat the same time...
SC1 in my opinion was nothing special, though I did like the use of dual monitors, otherwise it really was not much different from other RTS games.