Chris Taylor's Kings and Castles
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| image = Kings and Castles.jpg
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| developer = Gas Powered Games
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| platforms = Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360{{cite news|url=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=234976|title=Chris Taylor's Kings and Castles detailed|date=15 February 2010|publisher=Future plc|accessdate=12 May 2010}}
| released = Cancelled
| genre = Real-time strategy
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
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Chris Taylor's Kings and Castles was a real-time strategy (RTS) video game that was in development by Gas Powered Games. Development of the game was announced on 15 February 2010 via press release, then put on hold indefinitely in 2013, and ultimately was cancelled when the company was closed in 2018.{{cn|date=August 2018}}
Gameplay
Although specific gameplay details are few, the game represented a departure from Gas Powered Games prior RTS series, Supreme Commander, given a new setting in a fantasy universe. This was similar to the transition made by Total Annihilation: Kingdoms after the original Total Annihilation (both running on the same engine, the latter designed by Chris Taylor).
Plot
According to Gas Powered Games' presentations on the game, the plot of the single-player campaign would have been woven across three separate kings/kingdoms into one overarching storyline. Specific plot details never surfaced.{{cite magazine|url=https://gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2010/02/15/news-kings-and-castles-announced.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217170900/http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2010/02/15/news-kings-and-castles-announced.aspx|url-status=live|archive-date=February 17, 2010|title=Gas Powered Games Announces Chris Taylor's Kings And Castles|last=Biessener|first=Adam|date=15 February 2010|magazine=Game Informer|access-date=12 May 2010}}
Marketing and development
The game was extensively marketed in 2010 via a variety of social media channels, including an official video blog, company Facebook page, game Facebook page, and official Twitter account (@GasPoweredGames).{{cite news|url=http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/15/gas-powered-games-announces-kings-and-castles-antics-ensue/|title=Gas Powered Games announces 'Kings and Castles,' antics ensue|last=Fletcher|first=JC|date=15 February 2010|publisher=Joystiq|accessdate=12 May 2010}} Gas Powered Games CEO Chris Taylor has promoted the game and provided details through interviews and industry events.{{cite news|url=http://news.bigdownload.com/2010/02/16/interview-gas-powereds-chris-taylor-reveals-more-about-kings-a/|title=Interview: Gas Powered's Chris Taylor reveals more about Kings and Castles|last=Callaham|first=John|date=16 February 2010|publisher=AOL Inc.|accessdate=12 May 2010}}{{cite news|url=http://www.pcgames.de/Gas-Powered-Games-Firma-15454/News/Spieldesigner-Chris-Taylor-Deshalb-traegt-mein-neues-Spiel-meinen-Namen-746281/|title=Spieldesigner Chris Taylor: Deshalb trägt mein neues Spiel meinen Namen|date=28 April 2010|work=PC Games|language=German|accessdate=12 May 2010}}
The game was put on hold pending the completion of Gas Powered Games role in the development of Age of Empires Online. However, even after the completion and release of Age of Empires Online, it was still on hold indefinitely until the game was cancelled when the company was shuttered in July 2018.{{cite web|title=Chris Taylor's Kings and Castles "On Hold|website=Rock Paper Shotgun |date=7 February 2011 |url=http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/02/07/chris-taylors-kings-and-castles-on-hold/|accessdate=21 November 2013|last1=Smith |first1=Quintin }}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20100218083825/http://gaspowered.com:80/kingsandcastles/}}
Category:Cancelled Windows games
Category:Cancelled Xbox 360 games
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:Real-time strategy video games