Sanctuary: Shattered Sun – a New Dawn for RTS?

It could very well be deemed the spiritual successor to the games we created at Gas Powered Games. – Chris Taylor, creator of Total Annihilation and Supreme Commander Sanctuary: Shattered Sun is an in-development large-scale real-time strategy game which is being built from the ground up by a team of people aiming to capture the epic scale and strategic intensity of the iconic Supreme Commander series. Enhearten Media are a small team of RTS veteran developers who are aiming to release a game that will channel the legacy of Supreme Commander whilst introduced innovative and never-seen-before mechanics. If ever you needed proof of the credentials for the team behind Sanctuary: Shattered Sun, the above quote from the driving force behind Supreme Commander should be it. Imagine Supreme Commander dragged kicking and screaming into the modern age. Sanctuary will feel intimately familiar to those who have played Supreme Commander, the standalone expansion, Forged Alliance or who have continued to enjoy this 2007 classic with FAF (Forged Alliance Forever), the fan-maintained multiplayer client. In fact, many of the development team at Enhearten Media cut their teeth on FAF. The titular ‘Sanctuary’ is a Dyson Sphere. A colossal megastructure built around our sun … Continue reading Sanctuary: Shattered Sun – a New Dawn for RTS?