[Monday, April 28, 2008 at 05:44 CDT by Col. Jessep] [44 Comments]

Beta is up and now open, though apparently no more than 100 connections allowed at a time.

You need to be looged on to GPGnet to join and in SupCom mode to play the three old factions.
Take a look at the trailer.

click here for a translated version of the page, courtesy of google.

[Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 08:24 CDT by Col. Jessep] [22 Comments]

In an interview on Joystiq Chris Taylor talks about Demigod, console ports and why Stardock is the perfect publisher for Demigod and future GPG games.

And according to Chris Taylor PC gaming is already dead...

[Monday, April 21, 2008 at 10:54 CDT by Nexus] [27 Comments]

Based partly on the public outcry and mostly on the people that have chosen to contribute towards the continued existence of TAU, UU, FU, SCU I have decided to keep the Universe open.

Please enjoy the sites.

[Saturday, April 19, 2008 at 05:51 CDT by Col. Jessep] [12 Comments]

In an interview on CVG Chris Taylor describes in detail how Supreme Commander was born:

We worked on the backstory for years - it started on the whiteboard as a pie chart that I divided into three pieces and drew out the three factions, and created these opposites - each factions' strengths and weaknesses - plus a belief system for each...
Dr Brackman - my favourite character actually - was inspired by one of the great personalities of the games industry:
Tom Prezina at EA. I asked Tom if I could have photos of him to model Dr Brackman and he agreed - it's really hard to come up with a character that rich and interesting out of just your imagination.

He also confirms that he will return to the Supreme Commander universe, maybe when 64-bit systems are standard.
Read the whole interview here.

[Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 04:29 CDT by Col. Jessep] [6 Comments]

Please help us to keep the Universe sites up and running by donating for the servers!

The monthly costs are high and we need your help to maintain

SupComUniverse.com, TAUniverse.com, FileUniverse.com, UnitUniverse.com, TA Zone, TADRS, and all of its hosted sites.

Please support the Universe with a donation or monthly subscription.

Thank you in advance for you support.

[Thursday, April 17, 2008 at 03:14 CDT by Col. Jessep] [10 Comments]

The Core Commander started rumors on a new patch in the chat on GPGnet. The original information is supposed to come from Son of Shagrath, who hinted there would be a new patch which would fix all the small problems. (source)

[Monday, April 14, 2008 at 20:39 CDT by theregisteredone] [34 Comments]

Following an announcement by Nexus, TAUniverse.com, FileUniverse.com, UnitUniverse.com, TA Zone, SupComUniverse.com, TADRS, and all of its hosted sites may be closing down, and with it, what is left of the Total Annihilation Community, much to the sadness of many members.

We would like you show your support for Nexus and TAUniverse.com, FileUniverse.com, UnitUniverse.com, and the TA Community in this thread, vote Yes. Thank you.

On behalf of TAU, we would all also like to apologise to Nexus for the recent immaturity exhibited by a minor group of people. They are not representive of TA Community, please do not let them get their way. We would also like to say thank you, for all of the time, effort, and resources you have provided for this great site, and the community that has been produced as a result.

[Monday, April 7, 2008 at 12:37 CDT by Col. Jessep] [63 Comments]

Here are some interesting news for our Demigod fans on VE3D:

"Forging our new partnership with Stardock is a big deal for all of us at GPG, and we couldn't be more excited about it," said Chris Taylor, founder and CEO of Gas Powered Games. "Not only do we have a proven retail publisher, but we get to partner with a pioneer in the digital distribution space… a company that totally understands what kind of experience our customer wants and the quality game they demand. The whole proposition is truly refreshing."

The release date of Demigod has been moved to February 2009 to support a public beta that will launch this summer. As revealed in an interview with Stardock founder Brad Wardell, Demigod will be released via Stardock's digital distribution service Impulse, utilizing no copy protection. "Other GPG titles are held by their respective publisher. But we’re working to get those titles onto Impulse as well." said Wardell. Other sources: Wired blog, Gamasutra

[Monday, March 31, 2008 at 11:09 CDT by Col. Jessep] [80 Comments]

From an an interview for PC Zone, Chris Taylor speaking about the addition of new faction:

"... the only thing stopping me from doing it [adding new factions] on any sequel is memory".
"I've been told by my engineers that for Supreme Commander 2, I don't have enough memory in a PC with 4GB of RAM to have more factions".
"I'm like, 'That's insane!', so we've got to work that one out", he continued.

Interesting but here is what really got my attention:

"We'll return to the SC universe again," Taylor went on to reveal, "but we'll just have to see when that day is. Maybe when everybody has 64-bit processors..." Source on CVG