Comments on: Wargaming Acquires Gas Powered Games

By: Rob Williams

Rob Williams — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:23:00 +0000

I do remember you being unhappy with that one. It’s unfortunate =/ I actually bought SupCom 1 when it came out and enjoyed it a fair bit.

By: Kougar

Kougar — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:51:00 +0000

Speaking as a former member of that fanbase, I don’t think there is anything Wargaming can do that would harm what’s left of the Supreme Commander franchise. GPG trashed it with SupCom 2 by designing a game that was a better fit for a smartphone, so making SC3 free to play couldn’t harm anything at this point.

By: Rob Williams

Rob Williams — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 06:06:00 +0000

I’m not a fan of GPG’s games, but that thought scares me. It bugs me to no end when a company acquires another and then changes how they go about business. Companies like GPG have huge fanbases for a reason… so leave them alone.

By: Marfig

Marfig — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 23:29:00 +0000

“Let’s just hope that the F2P-focused Wargaming isn’t going to direct GPG’s future games in that direction.”

It’s very likely it will, unfortunately. GPG kickstarter project that ended becoming at the center of the GPG financial difficulties and was eventually cancelled a few days ago, was Wildman. To the chagrin of a good deal of its fans (and one of the reasons it received so little support at Kickstarter), GPG was apparently trying to move into MOBA-like territory.

It’s possible that Wargaming wants to to move into other areas of gaming, but I suspect Wargaming will want to see MOBA or something similar from GPG.