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Chris Taylor (video game designer)

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named him the "30th most influential person in gaming." In 2019, he revealed he has been working on Kanoogi, a cloud-based gaming platform, and developing his next game,
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prematurely. Four days before the campaign's end the pledged amount was only $ 504,120 of the required $ 1.1 million.
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franchise, the company nonetheless held on to it until July 2013. He helped create the game's standalone expansion
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This article is about the Canadian video game designer. For the American game designer, see
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and achieving high ratings from major game websites and magazines.
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Wins Best E3 Strategy Game Award From Industry's Top Game Critics"
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Shortly thereafter in 2013, Gas Powered Games was acquired by
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Wargaming Takes Master of Orion, Stardock Gets Star Control
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name. Although Atari has shown no interest in reviving the
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On January 14, 2013, Taylor funded a new project through
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Chris Taylor (game designer)
Christopher Taylor (game designer)

British Columbia
Canada
Video game developer
Gas Powered Games
Total Annihilation
Dungeon Siege
Supreme Commander

Jordan Weisman
USC IMD
video game designer
Total Annihilation
Dungeon Siege
Supreme Commander
Gas Powered Games
GameSpy
British Columbia
video game industry
Burnaby
Hardball II
Seattle
Washington
Cavedog Entertainment
real-time strategy
video game
Total Annihilation
Total Annihilation: The Core Contingency

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