The gameplay of Supreme Commander focuses on using a giant bipedal mech called an Armored Command Unit (ACU), the so-called 'Supreme Commander', to build a base, upgrading units to reach higher technology tiers, and conquering opponents. Nowadays, the original Supreme Commander is played through the community client called Forged Alliance Forever the game has been further developed and balanced, and offers a wide variety of community mods. The sequel, Supreme Commander 2, was released in 2010.
The standalone expansion Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance was released on November 6 of the same year. First announced in the August 2005 edition of PC Gamer magazine, the game was released in Europe on February 16, 2007, and in North America on February 20. The game is considered to be a spiritual successor, not a direct sequel, to Taylor's 1997 game Total Annihilation, and also the Spring remake. Supreme Commander (sometimes SupCom) is a 2007 real-time strategy video game designed by Chris Taylor and developed by his company, Gas Powered Games.
