{"id":23820,"date":"2013-08-02T08:48:30","date_gmt":"2013-08-02T15:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=23820"},"modified":"2013-08-02T08:48:30","modified_gmt":"2013-08-02T15:48:30","slug":"total-annihilation-and-master-of-orion-find-a-new-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/08\/02\/total-annihilation-and-master-of-orion-find-a-new-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Total Annihilation and Master of Orion find a new home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"fancybox\" rel=\"23820\" href=\"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/viktor_smile.jpg\"<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/viktor_smile.jpg\" alt=\"viktor_smile\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23822\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>World of Tanks developer Wargaming.net has purchased the rights to both Total Annihilation and Master of Orion. Wargaming.net&#8217;s CEO Victor Kislyi confirmed the purchase during a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.develop-online.net\/news\/44985\/Wargaming-acquires-Atari-IP-new-games-underway\">press conference<\/a> held in the company&#8217;s home city of Minsk, Belarus.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Total Annihilation and Master of Orion are strategy game classics. Although it&#8217;s too soon to disclose any details, we are more than willing to give a new lease of life to these games most of us grew up playing. It&#8217;s exactly where our major focus will be. Definitely, whatever we do, and whatever games we make with those franchises, they will be big AAA, massive titles with all of Wargaming&#8217;s Power behind them.&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/154934708\/In-re-Atari-Inc-NOTICE-OF-SUCCESSFUL-AND-BACK-UP-BIDDERS-WITH-RESPECT-TO-THE-AUCTIONS-OF-CERTAIN-OF-THE-DEBTORS%E2%80%99-ASSETS126013701588\">court documents<\/a>, Wargaming.net acquired the licenses to the games in July when Atari auctioned off the majority of their holdings. The ownership of Total Annihilation would seem to fit in Wargaming.net&#8217;s portfolio since they also own Chris Taylor&#8217;s studio Gas Powered Games. 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