Chris Taylor
Moby ID: 339934
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Chris Taylor's first game, Hardball II, shipped in 1989, winning a Software Publishers Association award for best sports game of the year. The second game 4-D Boxing won many awards and was among the first games to use motion capture data for its character animation. After completing Triple Play '96 for Electronic Arts, Chris joined Cavedog Entertainment, where he created a truly next-generation Real-time Strategy game, Total Annihilation, which was released in 1997.
After The Core Contingency expansion pack for TA, Chris started his own company: Gas Powered Games in May 1998. The action RPG Dungeon Siege was released in 2002 and again confirmed Chris as an innovator in both technology and gameplay. He worked on 3 more games in the franchise: the expansion pack Legends of Aranna (2003), the sequel Dungeon Siege II (2005) and the PSP version Throne of Agony (2006).
After this, he returned to real-time strategy games with the release of Supreme Commander in 2007.
Credited on 33 games
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| The Great War: Western Front (2023, Windows) | Petroglyph Special Thanks |
| Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (2019, Windows) | And Special Thanks to... |
| Conan: Unconquered (2019, Windows) | Petroglyph Special Thanks |
| Homeworld: Remastered Collection (2015, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Project Spark (2014, Xbox One) | CEO/Creative Director |
| Shadowrun Returns (2013, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Age of Empires II: HD Edition (2013, Windows) | And Special Thanks to... |
| Dungeon Siege III: Treasures of the Sun (2011, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Age of Empires Online (2011, Windows) | Creative Director |
| Dungeon Siege III (2011, PlayStation 3) | Special Thanks |
| Supreme Commander 2 (2010, Windows) | Lead Designer |
| Demigod (2009, Windows) | Creative Director |
| Space Siege (2008, Windows) | CEO/Creative Director |
| Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance (2007, Windows) | CEO |
| Empire Earth III (2007, Windows) | Special Thanks to |
| Hellgate: London (2007, Windows) | Flagship Studios & Ping0 |
| Supreme Commander (2007, Windows) | Lead Designer / Creative Director |
| Dungeon Siege: Throne of Agony (2006, PSP) | Acknowledgement! |
| Dungeon Siege II: Broken World (2006, Windows) | Creative Director |
| Dungeon Siege II (2005, Windows) | Creative Director |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 12 games with Steven Thompson
- 12 games with Chad Queen
- 11 games with Jacob McMahon
- 11 games with Frank Bry
- 10 games with Bartosz Kijanka
- 9 games with Mike Swanson
- 9 games with Kevin Pun
- 9 games with Todd Lubsen
- 9 games with Bert Bingham
- 9 games with Morien Thomas
Companies
- 15 games with Valve Corporation
- 11 games with Epic Games Tools LLC
- 9 games with Wargaming Seattle
- 8 games with Microsoft Corporation
- 8 games with Xbox Game Studios
- 6 games with Square Enix Limited
- 5 games with Sony DADC Europe GmbH
- 5 games with Leader S.p.a.
- 4 games with Distinctive Software, Inc.
- 4 games with Electronic Arts, Inc.
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