Gas Powered's Kings and Castles 'On Hold'

by Alice O'Connor, Feb 07, 2011 6:00am PST

Related Topics – Kings and Castles, xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Delay, PC

Gas Powered Games' fantasy RTS Kings and Castles is currently on hold, studio founder and creative director Chris Taylor has told Big Download.

"We've put the project on hold for now, but the moment I know more I will let you know," Taylor told the site in an e-mail. Pressed for more information, he simply said "I can't go into those details just yet... let's call it a 'timing' thing..."

Kings and Castles was announced for PC and consoles by Gas Powered--also creator of Dungeon Siege and Supreme Commander--in February 2010. Players would be one of three kings vying for control of a fantasy world. Here's how it looked at E3 last year:

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I miss GPG... Rise of Legends is still one of the most unique RTS's I've seen. It's a shame it didn't get enough of a spotlight, much like Dawn of War didn't either. There is really nothing like either game and I still spend time playing them (partially because nothing worthwhile has come out in all this time with replayability).

I hope to see more of these guys and whatever products they make.

Feb 07, 2011 6:42am PST

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I miss GPG... Rise of Legends is still one of the most unique RTS's I've seen. It's a shame it didn't get... : Bensam123
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  I think you are thinking "Big Huge Games", not GPG : sambront
  - You would be correct. : Bensam123
- http://www.reckoningthegame.com/ The new game that BHG is working on. Screenshots look pretty damn go... : RTSNut

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I want to like GPG stuff. Loved Supcom, but supcom 2 was such a lame ass diet coke version and had been consolized so hard... I just couldn't take it.

Oh and demigod.

All pretty sad.

Feb 07, 2011 6:57am PST

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I want to like GPG stuff. Loved Supcom, but supcom 2 was such a lame ass diet coke version and had been c... : icedcool
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  To be fair, Supcom 2 wasn't even made by GPG - they licensed out the IP to SquareEnix. : dreamwraith
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    uuuh, no, Square Enix PUBLISHED the game, it was all still Chris' baby. It actually wasn't that bad, but... : Yxalitis
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supreme commander was the perfect RTS game to me... they really screwed up with supreme commander 2, that was worse than the original in any way... graphics, gameplay, scale, it sucked ass and I really want that 50$ back...

Feb 07, 2011 3:58pm PST

supreme commander was the perfect RTS game to me... they really screwed up with supreme commander 2, that... : spinx2

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Has there ever been a case where a game on hold was picked up and finished again? (Besides DNF which is the exception for everything.)

If they were expecting investor or publisher money to come in and fund the rest of the development, which was the whole point of the videos, and it didn't happen, then that would put the game on hold. If that is what happen, we should expect layoff annoucements soon.

Its possible they got a development deal for another game and it was too good to pass up.

Or their other game, aka the secret project, needed more resources to get finished.

I guess they could be working to get Dungeon Siege III to get it out the door.

Feb 07, 2011 6:46am PST

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Has there ever been a case where a game on hold was picked up and finished again? (Besides DNF which is t... : baron calamity
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Total Annihilation ---> Supreme Commander
Total Annihilation: Kingdoms ---> Kings and Castles?

IIRC Chris Taylor was with Cavedog when Kingdoms was developed. I played Total Annihilation more than any human should have and bought Kingdoms purely on love for Cavedog and T.A. What a huge turd that game was. Hopefully this one works out better.

Feb 07, 2011 2:42pm PST

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- Actually I think I heard somewhere that Chris Taylor left before TA: Kingdoms was made. I'll have to cros... : Epsilon Sector

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DNF is killing GPG too!!

Feb 07, 2011 2:44pm PST

DNF is killing GPG too!! : Nullzero

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Attack of the clone wars much? That king is a jackass anyway. Kills his own men then sees a dragon and lets everyone else fight.

Feb 07, 2011 8:25am PST

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Nope. Not as it is. It needs a lot of iteration. And I mean A LOT. Back to the drawing board guys.

Feb 07, 2011 9:00am PST

Nope. Not as it is. It needs a lot of iteration. And I mean A LOT. Back to the drawing board guys. : DragonSire

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I followed the dev blog for this, and it looked pretty nice.... sad to learn it might never happen. :(

Feb 07, 2011 6:58am PST

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I followed the dev blog for this, and it looked pretty nice.... sad to learn it might never happen. :( : barichnikov
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I don't even really remember this game from E3. The trailer (teaser?) really doesn't do a lot for me. It looks too much like a fantasy mod for Supreme Commander. But, since I have enjoyed Taylor's past efforts, I hope things get worked out.

Feb 07, 2011 7:01am PST

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I don't even really remember this game from E3. The trailer (teaser?) really doesn't do a lot for me. I... : daggot
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Guess they picked up a bigger project they need to focus on or something. I do love those guys, but given how PC focused they are, and never seem to sell bucket loads, I do wonder how they're still going. Glad they are though!

Feb 07, 2011 6:13am PST

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