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Square Enix reports solid financial results

by John Callaham Feb 8th 2010 @ 2:00PM

Japanese-based game publisher Square Enix seems to be avoiding some of the issues that have hit other game publishers recently, at least in terms of financial results. The company announced that for the first nine months of their current fiscal year, revenues were up by 31 percent compared to the same time period a year ago. Net profits were also up 48 percent compared to a year ago.

Square Enix, which bought Eidos in 2009, is now saying their full fiscal year, which ends on March 31, will see their revenues up 33 percent and their net income up a whopping 58 percent compared to their last fiscal year. Square Enix has Supreme Commander 2 coming out March 2 and Just Cause 2 under their Eidos brand on March 23

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Supreme Commander 2 unit info releases the Kraken

by John Callaham Feb 6th 2010 @ 3:00PM

Gas Powered Games' latest project Supreme Commander 2 is inching its way to its March 2 release and this week its publisher Square Enix revealed the descriptions of just three of the sci-fi RTS games more exotic units. As expected, the units are way over the top which is naturally a tradition for the series.

One of them is the Bomb Bouncer which creates a shield that protects it and nearly units. Weapons fire from enemies bounces back and they also help to charge a mega-blast weapon on the unit that can deal heavy damage to surrounding units. Another is called the Pulinsmash which extends huge arms that rotate and create a vortex that can suck up both ground and air units. Finally there's the Kraken, a sub that can do it all; attack air units, destroy sea enemies and even get close to shore to blow out land units. You don't have to be Zeus to release this Kraken.

Gallery: Supreme Commander 2 Screenshots

Filed under: RTS, Supreme Commander 2

Gas Powered Games to announce "next big thing" on Feb. 15

by John Callaham Feb 3rd 2010 @ 11:00AM

With Supreme Commander 2 due for release in less than a month, developer Gas Powered Games is apparetly wasting no time in letting folks know about their next project. VG247.com has revealed that Gas Powered's head man Chris Taylor used his personal Facebook page to declare, "Another busy day, can't wait to announce our next big thing on the 15th... I hate keeping secrets."

So let the speculation begin? Could we see a new game in the Dungeon Siege series? Perhaps we will hear about Demigod 2? Maybe something totally new. It's not likely to be a sequel to Space Siege which is considered to be the developer's one failure of a game, at least in terms of sales.

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Filed under: RTS, Supreme Commander 2

Interview: Gas Powered's Chris Taylor chats about Supreme Commander 2

by John Callaham Jan 31st 2010 @ 5:00PM

In 2007 Gas Powered Games released Supreme Commander, an epic sci-fi RTS game with huge battles, massive units and big nuclear explosions. In just over a month, Gas Powered returns to that universe for Supreme Commander 2, the sequel that will be published this time by Square Enix. Big Download got a chat to ask some questions to Gas Powered's head Chris Taylor to get more info on this long awaited strategy sequel.

First, the original Supreme Commander game was famed for its massive units and lots of stuff going "boom", Is it fair to say that those elements are sticking around for the sequel?

Without a doubt. Big explosions are a key element to a good RTS game, and they are definitely here to stay in Supreme Commander 2!

What can you tell us about the factions for the sequel and how the single player campaign links to the original?

We've woven the new campaign story into the existing history and fiction to continue the story, but we have leapt 25 years into the future, and are telling a very different kind of story... a story that focuses on the people, and the personal struggles they go through when caught up in a war of galactic scale.

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Filed under: Features, Interviews, RTS, Supreme Commander 2

Supreme Commander 2 trailer declares war

by Steven Wong Jan 20th 2010 @ 6:30PM

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The fist Supreme Commander ended with an uneasy alliance between the three major factions. Of course, the peace is short-lived and it isn't long before UEF, Cybran and Aeon forces are poised to annihilate each other all over again. Supreme Commander 2 is expected to release in March.

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Filed under: Downloads, RTS, Trailers, Supreme Commander 2

Feature: Big Download's Top 10 Most Anticipated PC Games Of 2010

by John Callaham Dec 30th 2009 @ 5:00PM

Over the past few days we have been going over a ton of upcoming PC games that are currently scheduled for release sometime in 2010. But what games are we personally looking forward to playing in the next 12 months. We went over our lists and picked the top 10 games that we can't wait to get our hands on in 2010.

Now a game on this list doesn't mean we think it will automatically be good. We have been suckered on titles that have gotten a lot of hype and have disappointed us after they actually came out. However the 10 games in this list do represent the PC games we are most excited to play and we are crossing our fingers that they will actually turn out to be worth the wait once they come out.

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Filed under: Features, Action, FPS, MMO, RPG, RTS, Mass Effect Series, Starcraft II, Star Wars: The Old Republic, BioShock 2, Alpha Protocol, Crysis 2, Fallout: New Vegas, Star Trek Online, Supreme Commander 2

Feature: 2010 PC Game Preview - RTS And Other Games

by John Callaham Dec 29th 2009 @ 5:00PM

Today we come to the end of our 2010 PC games feature as we check out a number of RTS titles due for release next year as well as some other games. Perhaps the biggest PC game release of the year is in the section but we will let the feature speak for itself.

You can go back and check out part one and part two of our 2010 game preview that focuses on action and FPS games and part three which looked at role playing and MMO games. But we are not done quite yet. Tomorrow we will reveal our picks for the top 10 most anticipated PC games of the upcoming year.

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Filed under: Features, Adventure, Driving, Puzzle, RTS, Starcraft II, Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II, Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight, Supreme Commander 2

Supreme Commander 2 box art is big

by John Callaham Dec 23rd 2009 @ 4:00PM

It's a slow day-before-Christmas Eve so we are happy to post close to anything (within reason). But we most likely would have posted about this newly revealed box artwork for Supreme Commander 2 even on a busy day. It's just that good. Hey, it's a big honking mech. What else do you need.

You can click on the box art to the right to see a big honking version of the box art. Gas Powered Games' sequel to their big honking 2008 sci-fi RTS game is something we are looking forward to playing when it ships to stores in early March 2010.

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Filed under: RTS

Supreme Commander 2 PC gets March 2, 2010 release date

by John Callaham Nov 19th 2009 @ 2:30PM

Just yesterday we got wind of some new screenshots and a "spring 2010" release date for Gas Powered Games' Supreme Commander 2. Today we got a new press release from publisher Square Enix' PR folks that should make many fans of the original sci-fi RTS title happy. The PC sequel is now set for a March 2, 2010 release date (the Xbox 360 version won't be available until two weeks later on March 16).

With this game coming out in early March and Command and Conquer 4 due out on March 16, it looks like the first month of spring will have two big powerhouse sci-fi RTS games battling it out for supremacy. At least they will be out of range of StarCraft II which we don't think will be ready before late April at the earliest.

[via email press release]

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Filed under: RTS, Supreme Commander 2

Supreme Commander 2 walkthrough video provides an early look at gameplay

by Steven Wong Nov 18th 2009 @ 7:30PM

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Gas Powered Games and publisher Square Enix have been pretty quiet these past few months about the progress of Supreme Commander 2's development. This developer walkthrough video, narrated by Chris Taylor himself, proves to be very illuminating and runs down some of the major features and new units players can expect from the the game, which includes a revised user interface and optimizations for a wider variety of computer systems. The game looks like it's shaping up to capture the epic gameplay of its predecessor, and at the same time, it's taking on a bit of an RPG theme. Players will need to accumulate points through combat and spend them in research to unlock special units.

Supreme Commander 2 is still in early alpha phase of development, but is expected to release in the early half of 2010.

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